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from tlie ulna and having passed in a special sheath over the radial 
extensors of the carpus inserted as usual by splitting into two a 
weak expansion for the index and a more definite tendon for the 
pollex. 
Pronator radii teres has a condyloid origin, andinViverrais inserted 
just above the middle of the radius, it weighs 0*07; in Galera the 
pronator is inserted into the lower half of the radius. 
Palmaris longus is pisiform (0'05), rather larger in Galera. 
Flexor sublimis digitorum is very small (0*02), arising from the 
front of the tendon and belly of the flexor profundus, and its tendons 
splitting are inserted into the sheaths of the tendons in the fingers. 
Plexor carpi radialis is condylo-deuto-metacarpal as usual, and 
weighs 0'06 in the Civet. Plexor carpi ulnaris is in two quite 
separate parts, one condyloid and weighs 0*13, the other olecranal, (0-03) > 
these unite at their pisiform insertion, the whole muscle is quite 
separate from the flexor profundus digitorum. 
The flexor profundus consists as usual of its four parts, condyle - 
ulnar, condylo-radial, radial, and ulnarparts, which weigh respectively 
0-19, 0-03, 0-03 and 0-04, these supply the five digits. 
The pronator quadratus occupies the lower one-fourth of the fore- 
arm (0"07), and is crossed by a vertical radio-carpal fascial band in 
place of a radio-carpeus muscle. There are three lumbricales in the 
Civet, there being none for the fifth digit. The abductor pollicis 
arises from the palmar fabella, is a small pyriform muscle with a long 
delicate tendon. The flexor brevis pollicis has two heads, there is no 
abductor pollicis, and a small opponens. There is an abductor minimi 
digiti from the front of the annular ligament and pisiform, and a 
deeper separate abductor (or flexor) from the inside of the fifth meta- 
carpal bone, inserted into the ulnar sesamoid bone of the little finger; 
this is supplemented by a small fleshy belly from below the two vin- 
cula of the pisiform bone, and the two uniting form a tendon which 
is inserted into the first phalanx. A second flexor brevis minimi 
digiti arises from the unciform, and is inserted beside the last. The 
palmar interossei are: first, a (carpally arising) adductor indicis ; 
second, a (metacarpal) adductor indicis ; third, an adductor annularis ; 
fourth, an adductor minimis digiti. The dorsal, are : first, abductor 
indicis ; second, abductor medii ; third, adductor medii ; fourth, 
adductor annularis ; these are all bicipital except the third. Plood's 
and Humphry's ligaments are strong in the shoulder. 
Sterno-costalis passes from the upper sternebers to the first rib, its 
origin is tendinous. Psoas parvus arises from the 3-5 lumbar vertebrse 
and the margin of the ilium. 
Agitator caudge arises from the first and second caudal vertebrse, 
and is inserted into the back of the femur (0-27). Gluteus maximus, 
quite separate, arises from the fascia over the posterior half of the 
gluteus medius, and from the first and second caudal vertebrse it is 
inserted into the femur on its outer side into the line prolonged from 
the great brachiales for nearly half way down (0*25). Tensor vagi- 
