SCOLOTACIDJS.] OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. [ToTONIN^. 



Order XII. GRALLATORES. 

 Pam. SCOLOPACIDJE. 



Subfam. Scolopacin^:. 



Totanus, Bechst. 



Glottis, Linn. 



Cranium with a slight depression proceeding from the occiput between the orbits ; 

 occipital ridge slightly marked. Orbital septum with one small foramen. Palatine 

 bones thin and narrow, accuminated at the hinder extremity; inferior mandible 

 much prolonged behind the condyles, forming a blunt process extending downwards 

 and backwards. 



Pelvis very similar to the Tringidce. 



Bibs slight, with very long styliform processes. 



Fkirculum not much arched at the junction of the rami, and with a slight process. 



Coracoids short. 



Scapula slightly arched, pointed at the extremity. 



Sternum with two fissures on its hinder margin on each side of the keel, the outer 

 ones largest ; keel deep, scolloped out on its anterior edge. Manubrial process small 

 and thin. 



Leg-bones. Calx rudimental ; metatarsus with a hind toe. 



Besides the above, I have the sterna of T. flavipes and Hypoleucus ; the latter has 

 only one fissure on each side, the former two. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus . .... 16 



Length of ulna 20 



Length of metacarpus ..... 9 



Length of femur ...... 12 



Length of tibia 25 



Length of metatarsus 18 



Length of sternum ..... 20 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 18 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 6 J 



Depth of keel 6 



Length of head 43 



Breadth of head 8 J 



Length of pelvis 20 



Breadth of pelvis 9 



Illustrations. 



Skeleton, Plate 8. K. I Sternum, metatarsus, and pelvis, Plate XXXIV. 



I fig- 1. 



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