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ME. ST. GrEOEGrE MIVAET ON THE SKELETON OE THE PEIMATES. 
The proportion borne by the pes to the rest of the pelvic limb is greater than in any 
except Cheiromys and Simia ; that borne by it to the tibia is greater than in any except 
the two last-mentioned genera and Galago. 
The longest digit of the pes is shorter, in proportion to that of the manns, than in 
any other Primates except Man, the Simiinse, and Cheiromys. 
The index of the pes is shorter, as compared with that of the manus, than in any other 
member of the order except sometimes Hylobates. 
The proportion borne by the index of the pes to the spine is greater than in any 
other genera except Hylobates, Cheiromys, Ateles, and Simia. 
The length of the tarsus, compared with that of the entire pes, is greater than in any 
except Man and Galago. 
The length of the third digit, without its metatarsal, compared with that of the pes, 
is less than in any other Primate except Man. 
Tarsius ditfers absolutely from all other Primates in — 
1. The whole pelvic limb being more than double the length of the spine. 
2. The great length, compared with that of the spine, of the whole pelvic limb minus 
the pes. 
3. The small proportion borne by the vertebral border of the scapula to its axillary 
border. 
4. The shortness of the clavicle compared with the scapula. 
5. The shortness of the humerus compared with the same. 
6. The great length of the radius and ulna compared with that of the humerus. 
7. The great length of the pollex (with its metacarpal) compared with that of the 
spine. 
8. The great length of the longest digit (with its metacarpal) compared with the same. 
9. The great length of the metacarpal of the pollex to the same. 
10. The great length of the third digit (without its metacarpal) to that of the whole 
manus. 
11. The difference in length of the ultimate and penultimate phalanges. 
12. The shortness of the os innominatum compared with the femur. 
13. The distance between the inferior (in Man anterior) spinous processes of the 
ilium compared with the length of the spine. 
14. The same, compared with the length of the os innominatum. 
15. The very great length of the femur compared with that of the spine. 
16. The femur being more than double the length of the humerus. 
17. The slenderness of the shaft of the femur, i. e. its transverse diameter compared 
with its length. 
18. The narrowness of the femur at the condyles compared with the length of the bone. 
19. The small extent of the free upward projection of the peroneal (great) trochanter 
compared with the same. 
20. The great length of the tibia compared with that of the spine. 
