Meliphagid^e.} 



GSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Melithreptin^e. 



Manorhia, Vieill. 



Garrula, Lath. 

 This group is very similar in its osteology to the Meliphagince, but differs in the 

 greater breadth of the pelvis and sternum in proportion to their lengths, and in having 

 the ischium and pubis more laterally expanded ;, or, in other words, not being so perpen- 

 dicular to the plane of the ilium.. 



Measurements. 



Length of humerus 

 Length of ulna . . , 

 Length of metacarpus 

 Length of femur . , 

 Length of tibia . , 

 Length of metatarsus 

 Length of sternum .. , 



Tenths. 



6 

 14 



6j 

 10 

 17 

 13 

 10 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 6 J 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 5 

 Depth of keel ........ 3 



Length of head . 

 Breadth of head 

 Length of pelvis 

 Breadth of pelvis 



IT 



8 



12 



Sphecotheres, Vieill. 



Viridis, Vig. # Horsf. 

 Very similar to the preceding. This bird has generally been placed among the 

 Oreolidce? but the only specimen I have dissected has a brush tongue. The metatarsi 

 are shorter in proportion to the tibia in this bird than in most of the Meliphagidce, 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus . . . . .. 13 



Length of ulna .. .. 16 j 



Length of metacarpus .... 8 



Length of femur . . . . . . 11 



Length of tibia . . . . . . . 17 



Length of metatarsus 9J 



Length of sternum ....... 13 J 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 8 



Breadthof anterior margin of sternum 7 



Depth of keel .,...._. 4J 



Length of head ........ 23 



Breadth of head ....... 8 



Length of pelvis 15 



Breadth of pelvis ......... 10 



Fsophodes, Vig. 8$ Horsf. 

 Crepitans, Lath. 

 This bird may be easily distinguished from the other Melithreptince by the extreme 

 shortness of the ulna in proportion to the humerus, only just equalling it in length ; the 

 metacarpus is also short ; the obturator foramen is not so large in proportion to the size 

 of the bird, and the keel of the sternum very shallow., 

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