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Show 1873.] CERTAIN MUSCLES OF BIRDS. 631 the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae ; the ambiens and the accessory femoro-caudal are absent. Species examined. Caprimulgus europceus. Chordeiles texensis. The Trogonidae possess the femoro-caudal and the semitendinosus ; the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. Species examined. Trogon mexicanus. Trogon puella. The Meropidae possess the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, and the accessory semitendinosus ; the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. Species examined. Merops apiaster. Merops ornatus. The Cypselidae and the Trochilidee agree in possessing the femoro-caudal, at the same time that the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. Species examined. Cypseldides fumigatus. Chlorolampis osberti. Cypselus apus. Chatura vauxi. alpinus. caudacuta. Dendrochelidon coronata. spinicauda. Patagona gigas. The Goraciadee possess the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae ; the ambiens aud the accessory femoro-caudal are absent. Species examined. Coracias garrula. Eurystomus, sp. The Momotidae possess the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, and the accessory semitendinosus ; the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. Species examined. Momotus lessoni. Eumomota superciliaris. aequatorialis. The Galbulidee possess the femoro-caudal and the semitendinosus ; the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. In Galbula albirostris the accessory semitendinosus is present; but it is absent in Urogalba paradisea. The Alcedinidae possess the femoro-caudal and the semitendinosus ; the ambiens, the accessory femoro-caudal, the accessory semitendiuo-sus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. |