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Show 518 ON THE ANATOMY OF PASSERINE BIRDS. [June 6, The following tabular arrangement expresses these views: - fNORMALES. ( ACROMYODI (Oscines). •ASSEIMESA (ABNOEMALES. HETEROMERI. f Menura. \ Atrichia. Menurinae. MESOMYODI. f Pipridae. [ Cotingidae. f Tracheophonas. HOM020MERL •{ f Tyrani)id:c. ( Haploophonae. < Rujncola. [ Pitta. In conclusion I have specially to thank Mr. O. Salvin for the extremely kind way in which he has placed at m y disposal a large collection of Mesomyodian birds in spirit. From this I have been able to make out the peculiarity in the distribution of the vessels in the leg ; and from it also I hope to obtain materials for another paper shortly, in which the syrinx of some of the yet little-known forms will be described. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XLVIII. Fig. 1. View, from the outer side, of the muscles of the patagium of the left wing of Ramphastos cuvieri, the radius and ulna being bent at rio-ht angles to the humerus: t.pil, tensor patagii longus; t.p.b, tensor patagii brevis; e.m.r.l, extensor metacarpi radialis longus; d, deltoid; t, triceps; b, biceps; S.R, secondary remiges. 2. Same of Icterus vulgaris. 3. Same* of Merops apiaster. PLATE XLIX. Fig. 1. Same of Coracias garrula. 2. Same of Buceros rhinoceros. 3. Same of Musophaga violacea. PLATE L. Fig. 1. Same of Urogalba paradisea. 2. Same of Upupa epops. 3. Same of Cuculus canorus. Fig. 1. Same of Patagona gigas. 2. Same of Menura superba. 3. Same of Trogon puella. P L A T E LI. P L A T E LII. Fig- L Syrinx of Menura superba, front view. 2. Same, back view, with median fibrous attachment retained. 3. Same, view of right side. 4. Syrinx of Atrichia rufescens, front view. 5. Same, back view. |
