Feingillid^.] 



OSTEOLOGIA. AVIUM. 



[PLOCINJO! 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus ..... 5 J 



... i 



... 31 



Length of ulna . . . 

 Length of metacarpus . 

 Length of femur . . 



6J 



Length of tibia 11 



Length of metatarsus 7 



Length of sternum . 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 6 



Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 4 



Depth of keel . 2 



Length of head 11 



Breadth of head 6 



Length of pelvis 6 J 



Breadth of pelvis ...... 6 



COCCOTHRAUSTES, BHsS. 



Cayanensis, Briss. 



Cranium orbital septa with only one small perforation; upper edge of the orbits 

 recurved ; occipital ridge well marked ; indentation at the posterior margin of the 

 upper mandible well marked. 



Sternum with the foramina on the posterior margin not so large as in Ploceus. The 

 whole skeleton in other respects similar to Ploceus. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 9 



Length of ulna . 12 



Length of metacarpus 6 



Length of femur ...... 9 



Length of tibia . , 12J 



Length of metatarsus 



91 



Length of sternum ..... 10 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 7 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 6 



Depth of keel 3 



Length of head 15 



Breadth of head 7 



Length of pelvis 10 



Breadth of pelvis ...... 8 



Fbjngilla, Linn. 



Coelebs, Linn. 



Cranium rounded, a slight channel extending from the slight depression at base of the 

 bill to the occiput ; orbital septum with the foramina. Palatine bones with the exterior 

 edges slightly deflexed ; occipital not well marked. : 



Sternum and other bones similar to Coccothraustin(S 



Length of humerus 

 Length of ulna . . . 

 Length of metacarpus . 



Measurements, 



Tenths. Tenths. 



Length of femur ....*. 6 



Length of tibia 11 



Length of metatarsus ..... 7 



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