MUSOPHAGID^E.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[MUSOPHAGIN^E. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 30 



Length of ulna • . 27 



Length of metacarpus 12 



Length of femur 31 



Length of tibia 45 



Length of metatarsus 21 



Length of sternum 23 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 15 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 15 



Depth of keel 4 



Length of head 28 



Breadth of head 13 



Length of pelvis 40 



Breadth of pelvis .20 



Illustrations. 



Skeleton, Plate II. E. 



Sternum, pelvis, palatine bones, and meta 

 tarsus, Plate XIII. fig. 2. 



COEYTHAIX, III. 



Verreauxii, JBp. 



Cranium with a moderate-sized foramen in the orbital septum. Palatine bones 

 similar to Turacus^but bent outwards from one another from their anterior points to 

 their junction with the interarticular bones, leaving a space between them in the middle. 

 Furculum perfect. Remaining bones similar to Turacus. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 15^ 



Length of ulna 15 



Length of metacarpus 7 



Length of femur 19 



Length of tibia ....... 26 



Length of metatarsus 15 



Length of sternum . . . . . . 12 



Tenths. 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 7 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 8 

 Depth of keel 3 



Length of head . 

 Breadth of head 

 Length of pelvis 

 Breadth of pelvis 



20 



21 

 10 



CORYTHAIX, III. 



Persa, Limn. 

 Similar to the preceding. 



95 



