Scolopacid^;.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[SCOLOPACIN^E. 



Length of humerus 

 Length of ulna . . 

 Length of metacarpus 

 Length of femur 

 Length of tibia . . 

 Length of metatarsus 

 Length of sternum 



Skeleton, Plate X. K. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. Tenths. 



16 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 10 



30 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 11 J 



14 Depth of keel 9| 



17| Length of head 29| 



41 Breadth of head 6 



32 Length of pelvis 26 



25 Breadth of pelvis 12 



Illustrations. 



Sternum, pelvis, palatine bones, and meta- 

 tarsi, Plate XXXV. bis. fig. 1. 



Scolopax, Linn. 



Rusticola, Linn. 



Cranium rounded, a depression between the orbits ; occipital ridge slightly marked ; 

 orbital septum with one foramen. Palatine bones similar to Limosa ; processes behind 

 the condyloid part of the lower mandible very long. 



Sternum large, with the keel very deep; anterior edge scolloped out; hinder margin 

 rounded, with one fissure on each side, the splint bounding it not extending so far as 

 the hinder margin of the sternum. Manubrial process very small. 



Pelvis rather narrow, but similar in shape to Limosa. 



Furculum much arched in front, with a small tubercle at the junction of the rami. 



Scapula not much arched, pointed at the hinder extremities. 



Wing-hones. The ulna only slightly longer than the humerus. 



Leg-bones. Metatarsus very short, furnished with a hind toe ; calx rudimentary. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 20 



Length of ulna 24 



Length of metacarpus 14 



Length of femur IT 



Length of tibia 23 



Length of metatarsus . 



121 



Length of sternum 25 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 12 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 9 



Depth of keel 10 



Length of head 43 



Breadth of head 9 



Length of pelvis 26 



Breadth of pelvis 12 



Illustrations. 



Skeleton, Plate IX. K. 

 186 



Sternum, pelvis, palatine bones, and metatarsi, 

 Plate XXXV. fig. 1. 



