ANIMAL MECHANICS. 397 



Muscular Type of Greyhound — Hip Joint. 



Muscle. 



" Master 

 Magrath." 



Average 

 Grey- 

 hound. 



Abductors. 



1. Glutaeus primus, .... 



2. Tensor vaginae femoris, . . 

 ( Glutaeus secundus (a), ) 



3 ' \ Glutaeus secundus ((B), } 



4. Glutaeus tertius, .... 



5. Obturator internus, . . . 



Flexors. 



2. Sartorius (double), . . . 



Extensors. 



2. Bicipiti accessorius, . . . 

 3 Semitendinosus, .... 

 4. Semimembranosus, . . . 



6. Quadratus femoris, . . . 



Adductors. 

 r . Adductor primus, .... 



2. Adductor secundus (a), I 



3. Adductor secundus ((3), ) 



4. Adductor quartus, .... 



5. Adductor quintus, .... 



6. Obturator externus, . . . 



Per- 

 centage. 



2.03 

 4^98 

 ro. 13 



0. 91 

 1.40 



4.69 

 4. 26 

 5.18 



21.23 

 0.31 

 5-63 

 6. 91 

 5.8i 

 0.68 



7.82 



15-33 

 0.85 



0. 60 

 1.25 



Per- 

 centage. 



1 . 90 

 4.70 



9.07 



O.86 



i-53 



5-7i 

 5.42 

 5.12 



18.79 

 0.30 

 5 22 

 7. 86 

 5.32 

 0.52 



9.42 



i5-5o 

 0.84 

 o.75 

 1. 17 





lOO 



lOO 



Oz. av. 



Total weights, . . 51-81 



<Jz. av. 

 4043 



It will be seen from this Table that u Master Magrath," 

 although a slightly built dog, possessed an amount of mus- 

 cular force greatly in excess of ordinary Greyhounds ; and a 

 similar conclusion follows from the examination of the muscles 

 of the shoulder joint. From an examination of the dog during 



