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FIG. 2. Skulls and mandibles in lateral (left) and dorsal (right) views. (A) Himatione sanguined (USNM 118858); (B) 
Ciridops anna (MCZ 10995); (C) Melamprosops phaeosoma (AMNH 810456). 
emphasis on the importance of the tongue. I look a 
more hopeful approach, and carefully dissected 
the thigh musculature of this remnant and found 
that it did yield important and interesting new 
anatomical data. 
When I examined it, the specimen consisted of 
the pelvis and thighs, a few caudal vertebrae, and 
a partial presacral vertebral column extending into 
the cervical series. The ribs had been cut through 
and all of the pectoral assemblage was absent. The 
left thigh had been savaged by persons unknown, 
the femur being cut through in at least two places 
and the musculature mangled. Raikow (1976) had 
previously been able to study the condition of M. 
obturatorius lateralis from the left side. The thigh 
musculature was relatively intact on the right side. 
