PALAMIDEID &. | OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM.. [ PALAMEDEIN&. 
PaLaMEDEA, Lin.. 
Cornuta, Lin. 
Cranium with a deep hollow at the base of the bill, anterior to the orbits; upper 
edge of the orbits projecting much over the orbit. Palatine bones broad at their pos- 
terior ends, laterally projecting downwards, tapering forwards to a thin strip of bone. 
Sternum with the posterior and anterior edges nearly equal in breadth. 
Keel with the inferior edges arched and continued nearly to the posterior margin, 
whichis indented with a broad fissure extending nearly the whole breadth of the 
sternum, and bounded on each side with a broad strip of bone, in which there is a 
smaller rounded fissure in the direction of the lateral margin. 
Pelvis very broad posteriorly; ischiadie and obturator foramina large, splints 
bounding the former long. End of the metacarpi furnished: with long, sharp spines, 
pointing forwards. 
Furculum very strong at the coracoid extremity ; much flattened laterally; atthe 
opposite one more rounded. 
Coracoids very strong. 
Scapula slightly arched, flattened and pointed at the extremities. 
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Measurements. 
Tenths. Tenths. 
Length of humerus. . ... ~ - Margin of posterior 
enetneomulna. . ... s- «4 a Sa, & Breadth of anterior 
Length of metacarpus ... . margin of ditto. . 
Wengthvorfemur>  -. ws 4.6 Depth of keel . . . 
Hbenpileettibiay 63%. 44 es). mle Length of head . 
Length of metatarsus. . . . . Breadth of head : 
Length of sternum. . . . -, » Length of pelvis 
Breadth of posterior . - . . .~ Breadth of pelvis . 
VERTEBRZ. 
Cer, Dor. Sac. Cand. 
1a: 2 LL 7. 
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