508 



B. — Muscles of the Fore Limb (Female). 

 Grs. , 



1. Trapezius et deltoideus 



clavicularis vel inter- 9. 

 nus, 335 10. 



2. Rhomboideus (with occi- 1 1 . 



pital slip), .... 276 12. 



3. Serratus magnus, . . . 473 



4. Sternomastoideus, . . 210 13. 



5. Cleidomastoideus, . . 85 14. 



6. Omo-atlanticus, . . . 100 



7. Latissimus dorsi, 



652 



Teres major, . . 

 Subscapularis, 

 Pectoralis minor, 

 Pectoralis major, 

 Deltoideus scapularis 



(externus), . . 

 Supraspinatus, 

 Infraspinatus, 



15. 

 16. 



Triceps humeri, 

 Biceps humeri, 



The Rev. Samuel Hatjghton, IT. D., Fellow of Trinity College, 

 Dublin, read the following paper: — 



Notes on Animal Mechanics. 



No. XIY. — On the Muscles of the Virginian Beae. 



In April, 1865, one of the fine Virginian Bears of the Zoological Gardens 

 of Dublin, a female, having fallen into a depressed condition of health, 

 an abscess appeared under the fascia covering the great trochanter of the 

 right thigh, which she persisted in gnawing at to such an extent as to 

 render her an object very unattractive to visitors to the Gardens. She 

 was accordingly sentenced to death by the Council, and the sentence 

 was carried into execution on the 1st of May, 1865, as follows : — 



I gave her 12*4 grs. of pure strychnia, in an apple, at 3- 17 p. m., and 

 she was dead at 3*52 p. m., having exhibited the following symptoms : — 



1. At 20 minutes after dose, her breathing became distressed (108 



in the minute) ; 



2. At 24 minutes, she experienced her first tetanic convulsion, the 



spasm of which never completely relaxed ; 



3. At 34 minutes, she seemed to be dead ; 



4. At 35 minutes, she was completely dead, and her heart had ceased 



to beat. 



A. — Muscles of the Hind Limb. 



1. Iliacus, • . \ 



2. Psoas magnus, J 



3. Pectinseus, . . 



4. Adductor magnus, 



5. Obturator externus, 



6. Adductor longus, 



7. Quadratus femoris, 



Oz. Av. 

 4-90 



1- 60 

 14-90 



8-50 



2- 10 

 0-67 





Oz. Av. 



8. Obturator internus 



et 





. 1-33 



9. Glutseus maximus, . 



. 4-80 



10. Glutseus medius, 



. 6-00 



11. Pyriformis, . . . 



. 0-95 



12. Gluteus minimus, . 



. 0-45 



