Ratz. | OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. [Rati z. 
AramipEs, Puch, 
Cayanea, Mull. 
Cranium similar in form to the other ralline ; Jacrymals long. 
Pelvis also similar. 
Leg bones of moderate length. Metatarsi not so short as in Ocydromus. 
Wings short. 
Sternum long, narrow; keel with deep fissures at the hinder margin converted into 
foramina; a very narrow strip of bone across the hind margin. Sternum much 
constricted in the middle; inferior edge of the keel arched. 
Measurements. 
Tenths. Tenths. 
Hgenoth 1 MUMenIS 5. o.8N J. Lo Breadth of anterior ee 
ivencth ofmina Ay. ). ..* elas +. wall gmancin of dittory. es eee eS 
Length of metacarpus . . . . 122 Depthrotdkeel i a el, eee ee 
engthioftemur 3 ac ae. 722 iieneth of head -9),) ete eee 
enethsormibia |. cs eT readthyot head #) = ae iy, | ae ees 
Length of metatarsus . . . . 21 Length tofgpelvis oa "use ee 
Length ofstemum .. .). . 2 » (Breadth ‘of pelvis 74> 5 1 a6 
Breadth of posterior margin. . od 
Illustrations. 
Suppt. 2, pl. 16. Details, pl. 16, A. 
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