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Show 1873.] CERTAIN MUSCLES OF BIRDS. 633 Species examined. Upupa epops. The Musophagidee possess the ambiens, the femoro-caudal, and the accessory femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae. Species examined. Musophaga violacea. Corythaix albo-cristata. Schizorhis africana. The Cuculidce possess the ambiens, the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus and the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae ; they may be divided into two subfamilies, according to whether the accessory femoro-caudal is present or absent. The accessory femoro-caudal is present in Centropus senegalensis. Guira piririgua. phasianus. Phcenicophaes, sp. The accessory femoro-caudal is absent in Cuculus canorus. Cacomantis sepulcralis. Chrysococcyx, sp. The Ramphastidee possess the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae; the ambiens and the accessory femoro-caudal are absent. Species examined. Ramphastos carinatus. Ramphastos cuvieri. ariel. The Capitonidee possess the femoro-caudal, the semitendinosus, the accessory semitendinosus, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae ; the ambiens and the accessory femoro-caudal are absent. Species examined. Megaleema asiatica. Indicator major. Barbatula duchaillui. The Psittaci possess the femoro-caudal well developed, the semitendinosus, and the accessory semitendinosus ; the accessory femoro-caudal and postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae are absent. The ambiens may be present normally ; it m a y be differentiated in the thigh, but fail to cross the knee, being lost on the fascia over it, or it m a y be absent. The ambiens is present in the following species :- Psittacus erithacus. Ara macao. Conurus xantholeemus. chloroptera. jendaya. Ca'ica melanocephala. petzi. Nestor notabilis. holochlorus. hypopolius. The ambiens is present, but does not cross the knee in Stringops habroptilus. |