Phasianid^e.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Phasianin^:. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 56 J 



Length of ulna 53 



Length of metacarpus 22 



Length of femur 48 



Length of tibia 85 



Length of metatarsus 66 



Length of sternum 73 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 20 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 1 9 

 Depth of keel 25 



Length of head . 

 Breadth of head 

 Length of pelvis 

 Breadth of pelvis 



33 

 15 

 64 

 32 



Phasianos, Linn. 



Colchicus, Linn. 



Cranium. Orbital septum with two foramina — one situated at the top of septum, 

 the other below it and on the hinder portion. Palatine bones flattened, with the 

 upper edges not placed so perpendicularly as in Perdix, but inclining inwards ; nostrils 

 large, oval. The foramen lacerum posterius very large. 



Sternum similar to most of the foregoing gallinaceous birds. 



Pelvis similar to Pavo, but having the process projecting before the acetabulum 

 much longer. 



Scapula expanded in the centre, and blunt at the ends. 



Ribs of moderate strength, the styliform processes turned much upward, and having 

 a projection on their lower edges. 



Os furcatum with the rami rounded at their junction, a large triangular process 

 turned slightly towards the sternum. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 28 



Length of ulna ....... 25 



Length of metacarpus 6 



Length of femur . . . . . . 33 



Length of tibia 42 



Length of metatarsus ..... 25 



Length of sternum 46 



Phasianus, Linn. 



Nycthemerus, Linn. 

 Similar to the foregoing. 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 15 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 10 

 Depth of keel ....... 14 



Length of head .26 



Breadth of head 12 



Length of pelvis 40 



Breadth of pelvis 15 



Illustrations. 

 Skeleton, Plate III. H. 



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