507 



Irish Terrier. 



No. 1. 

 Oz. 



9. Supinator radii longus, m 0'34 



10. Extensordig. commun., n 0 * 12 



11. Extensor carpi radialis, 0 0 '04 



12. Extensor carpi ulnaris,P O'll 



13. Supinator radii brevis, 0'03 



14. Flexor dig. profundus, 



15. Extensor oss. met. ) 



pollicis,i. . . j ' 



16. Pronator radii qua- 



dratus/ . 



0-43 

 0-03 



0*04 



— ^ 



Dingo. 



Greyhound. 



No. 2. 







Oz. 



Oz. 



Oz. 



. . . 0*36 . 



. . 0-61 . 



. 0*70 



. . .0-17 . 



. . 0-21 . 



. .0-30 



. . .0*06 . 



. . 0*09 . 



. . 0*09 



. . . 0-16 . 



. . 0-23 . 



. . 0-34 



. . . 0-03 . 



. , 0-07 . 



. . 0-06 



. . . 0-63 . 



. . 1*02 . 



. .1-38 



. . . 0*07 . 



. .0-08 . 



. . o-io 



. . . 0-06 . 



. . o-u . 



. . 0-12 



The Bev. Samuel Haughton, M. D., Fellow of Trinity College, 

 Dublin, read the following paper : — 



Notes on Animal Mechanics. 



No. XIII. — On the Muscular Anatomy oe the Badgee. 



The muscles recorded in the present Note were observed in two fine 

 specimens of the Badger (Meles taxus), male and female, which died in 

 November and December, 1 864, in the Gardens of the Royal Zoolo- 

 gical Society of Ireland. 



A. — Muscles of the 



Hind Limb (Male). 







Grs. 





Grs. 





235 



13. Glutaeus quartus (ilio- 





2. Iliacus, . . ) s 



231 



capsularis), .... 



20 



3. Psoas magnus, ) 



14. Tensor vaginae femoris, 



70 



4. Pectinseus, .... 



70 





5. Adductor magnus, . . 



374 



1 5. Biceps femoris, . . . 



517 



6. Obturator externus, 



110 



16. Bicipiti accessorius (as in 





7. Quadratus femoris, . 



44 



Lion), (6 inches long, 





8. Obturator internus, et 





and ribbon-like), 



25 





77 



17. Semimembranosus, . . 



490 



9 . Glutseus maximus, et agi- 





18. Semitendinosus, . . . 



260 



tator caudse, . . . 



88 



19. Gracilis, 



245 



10. Glutseus medius, . . 



350 



20. Rectus femoris, . . 



250 



11. Pyriformis, .... 



40 



21. Vastus externus, . . . 



" 385 



12. Glutseus minimus, . . 



20 



22. Yastus internus, . . . 



105 

 11 



m Inserted into near ends of index and middle metacarpals. 

 n Distributed chiefly to the little and ring fingers. 



0 Distributed below the tendons of the ex. dig. com. to the little and ring fingers, 

 p Inserted into the outer and near end of the metacarpal of the little finger. 

 q Inserted into the inner and near end of the metacarpal of the thumb. 

 r Extends along the whole length of the radius and ulna. 

 s Psoas parvus — 142 grs. 



