AMPELID2E.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Ampelinje. 



Carpornis, G. P. Gray. 



Rubrocristata, UOrb. $$ Lafr. 



Cranium similar to the last, but with the nostrils smaller, and the bones composing 

 the skeleton more massive ; the edges of the orbits much recurved. 



Sternum broader in proportion to its length, and the posterior fissures not so large ; 

 the keel not so deep. 



Pelvis broader and stronger, particularly the anterior portion of it. In other respects 

 very similar. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 11 



Length of ulna 1 3 J 



Length of metacarpus 8 



Length of femur ...... 10 J 



Length of tibia 15 



Length of metatarsus 9 



Length of sternum . . : . . . 11 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 6 J 



Depth of keel 4 



Length of head 15 



Breadth of head 8 



Length of pelvis 12 



Breadth of pelvis : 7 J 



Carpornis, G. P. Gray. 



Melanocephala, Pr. Max. 



Does not differ in form from Pubrocristata, except that the pelvis is smaller in pro- 

 portion to the size of the bird. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus ..... 10 J 



Length of ulna 15 



Length of metacarpus .... 7 



Length of femur 10 



Length of tibia 15 



Length of metatarsus .... 8 J 



Length of sternum 12 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 8 



Depth of keel 4 



Length of head 7 J 



Breadth of head ...;.. 18 



Length of pelvis 15 



Breadth of pelvis 6 



Tersa, Vieill. 



Ventralis, III. 



Cranium much broader in proportion to its length than in the foregoing ; in other 

 respects very similar. Palatine bones with the lateral shafts much bowed outward in 



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