ON THE LEGS AND FEET OF BIRDS. 



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able in these animals ; this larynx of the Simia seniculus is much more 

 complicated than that of the orang-outang, which Camper has described, 

 and which has attracted so much the attention of anatomists. 



A CHAPTER FROM THE ALPHABET OF BIRDS. 



ON THE LEGS AND FEET OF BIRDS. 



On comparing the legs and feet of birds with those of man., we find 

 that the bones differ considerably in number, and in relative length, as 

 may be seen in the figures. 



Comparative view of the leg and foot in man and birds, a, a, the thigh bones * ; b, b, the leg 

 bones t; c,c, the heel bone t ; d, d, the shank bone §; e, e, the bones of the foot || ; /,/, the 

 bones of the toes % ; g,g, the knee. 



* In Latin, Femur. 



\ In Latin, Oscalcis. 



|| In Latin, Ossa metatarsa. 



-f- In Latin, Tibia and fibula. 

 § In Latin, Ossa tarsa. 

 If In Latin, Phalanges. 



