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Show 554 MESSRS. BEDDARD AND MITCHELL ON THE [June 19, surface of the metatarsal shaft. Its tendon passes through a foramen in the metatarsus, and is inserted about the middle of the first phalanx. § COMPARISON OF PALAMEDEA WITH CSAUNA. W e have not deemed it necessary to give a detailed separate account of the osteology of Palamedea, as all the differences between it and Chauna will be found set out in the subjoined table. We have, however, thought it worth while to figure the pelvis of Palamedea, because of the great difference in the angle of inclinatiou of the postaeetabular region. Fig. 6. Pelvis of Palamedea. W e also figure the hyoid, because there is not, so far as we are aware, any figure of this bone in the Palamedeidas. Fig. 7. Hyoid bone of Palamedea. |