Meliphagid^e.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Meliphagin^:. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 15 



Length of ulna 18 



Length of metacarpus 9 



Length of femur 13 



Length of tibia 25 



Length of metatarsus 17 



Length of sternum 16 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 7 



Depth of keel 5 



Length of head 25 



Breadth of head 9 



Length of pelvis 18 



Breadth of pelvis 9 



Anthoch^era, Vig. % Horsf. 

 Lunulata, Gould. 

 Precisely similar, except in measurements, to the preceding. 



Anthoch^ra, Vig. S? Horsf. 



Lewinii, Vig. # Horsf. 



Similar to the preceding. 



Illustration. 

 Skeleton, Plate II. F. 



Tropidorhynchus, Vig. $ Horsf. 

 Corniculatus, Lath. 

 Also similar to Arthochcena Carunculata, with the exception of the horn on the upper 

 mandible, and the sternum being slightly shorter, broader in proportion to its length, 

 and having the hinder part of the fissures closed becoming foramina. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 13 



Length of ulna 17 



Length of metacarpus 9 



Length of femur 13 



Length of tibia 21 



Length of metatarsus 13 



Length of sternum 14 



Tropidorhynchus, Vig. $ Horsf 

 Argenticeps, Gould. 

 Similar to the preceding. 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 1 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 7 

 Depth of keel ....... 5 



Length of head . 27 



Breadth of head ...... 8 



Length of pelvis . . . 8 . . 16 

 Breadth of pelvis 8j 



Illustrations. 



Sternum, pelvis, palatine bones, and metatarsi, Plate XV. 



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