TANTALID &. | \, OSTEOLOGTA AVIUM. PTANTALIN &. 
Tantatus, Linn. 
Ibis, Linn. 
I have only the sternum and head of this bird, the 'atter is ffeur ed in ph. 33, fig. 1. 
Sternum short, of moderate breadth, with a broad fissure on each side of the keel on 
the posterior margin. Keel very deep, much arched on its inferior edge. 
Coracoids rather long. 
Furculum, with an appendage at the j junction of the rami, broadest at their junction 
with the coracoids and arched. 
Scapule slightly bent, blunt at the end ; of nearly the same width throughout. 
Measurements. 
Tenths. Tenths: 
Length ofsternum .... . 48 MPS pion keely eM site Maka sw ee 
Breadth of posterior margin . . 20 | LTengthofcoracoids . . . . . 26 
Breadth of anterior margin . . . 22 {| Lengthofscapule. . .. . . 30 
Liiustrations. 
Suppt. 2, pl. 20, fig. 2. 
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