MlJSOPHAGIDJE.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Musophagin^e. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 14 



Length of ulna . . ■ 19 



Length of metacarpus 6 J 



Length of femur 13^ 



Length of tibia 22 



Length of metatarsus . . . . . 13 



Length of sternum 12 



Tenths. 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 8 



Depth of keel 3^ 



Length of head 38 



Breadth of head 12 



Length of pelvis 17 



Breadth of pelvis 11 



Illustrations. 



Skeleton, Plate III. E. 



Palatine bones, sternum, pelvis, and meta- 

 tarsus, Plate XIII. fig. 3. 



Selenideea, Gould. 



Maculirostris, Licht. 

 In form precisely similar to Bhamphastos erythrorhynchus, except that the fissures 

 next the keel of the sternum are larger than the outer ones, and tbat the furculum has 

 the rami longer, but not united. 



Fam. 3. MUSOPHAGID^. 



Subfam. Musophagin^e. 



Turacus, Cuv. 



Gigas, Steph. 



Type of Musophagidse. 



Cranium with the orbital septum nearly entire. Palatine bones consisting merely of a 

 strip of bone, broadest anteriorly, tapering gradually to their articulation with the inter- 

 articular bones, and having their internal edges slightly bent downwards. Interarticular 

 bones flattened, slightly twisted on their axis, short ; lacrymal bones small, rounded at 

 their edges ; in other respects similar to Centropus. 



Sternum very similar to the smaller Cuckoos ; the posterior margin with two fissures 

 on each side : keel shallow ; the inferior edge straight, the anterior straight, and pro- 

 duced to the end of the manubrial process. Furculum with the rami merely united by 

 a ligament ; coracoids flattened, of moderate length. 



Pelvis similar to Centropus, but with the central ridge not so prominent, and the ob- 

 turator foramen larger. 



Bibs similar to Centropus. 



Wing-bones short, strong. 



Leg-bones similar to Centropus, but stronger. Fibula three-fourths the length of the 

 tibia. Calcaneal process similar in form, but not so prominent as in Centropus. 

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