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Show 324 DE. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON THE SKELETON OF [Apr. 2, appearing as processes projecting outwards and forwards from the sides of the hypapophysis (h) not much above its ventral end. The catapophyses (c), when the vertebra is viewed ventrally, appear as the ends of two ridges diverging preaxiad from the postaxial margin of the hypapophysis (h). Fig. 12. Lateral aspect of thorax, pelvis, and tail of Lorius fiavopalliatus. ac. Acetabulum. at. Antitrochanteric process. c. Coracoid. ca. Costal angle. /. Furculum. h (of tail). Hypapophysis. h (of sternum). Muscular impression. he. Lateral crest. i. Intermuscular ridge. is. Ischium. k (of sternum). Keel. Ic. Anterior crest of ilium. If. Iliac fossa. Is. Ilio-caudal spine. n. Neural spine. of. Obturator foramen. p. Angle of sternum. pu. Pubis. pz. Prezygapophysis. py. Pygostyle. sc. Scapula. sf. Sacro-sciatic foramen. up. Uncinate process. THE DORSAL VERTEBE^E. There are, in L. fiavopalliatus and P. erithacus, four of these vertebrae distinct from the sacral mass. The first dorsal vertebra in P. erithacus (figs. 13,14, & 15) is very like the last cervical, except that the postzygapophyses (ptz) are slightly shorter and the transverse process (t) slightly more extended antero-posteriorly. The hypapophyses (hp) have disappeared, but the hinder end of the summit of the neural spine (n) slightly bifurcates and receives between its short processes the preaxial summit of the neural spine behind it. The tubercular and capitular |