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Show 650 MR. W. F. R. WELDON ON THE [Dec. 18, of which is fused with the flexor perforatus et perforans. This mode of origin is very similar to that of Storks; while in the Duck, for example, there" are two heads attached to the femur, and a third to the ambiens tendon. These conditions are shown in fig. 4, p. 649. The flexor profundus is perfectly simple both in Storks and in the Flamingo ; while in the Ducks (fig. 5) it has a complicated origin by four heads-namely, one from the femur, one from the outer and one from the inner side of the tibia, and one from the ambiens tendon, Fig. 5. Origin of flexor profundus in Duck. Ti., insertions to tibia; other letters as in fig. 4. which does not simply fuse with the belly of the flexor, but goes to the tibia, and gives attachment to two distinct fleshy bellies, one for each long flexor. The accessory femoro-caudal of Phoenicopterus is extremely small; and the possession of this muscle together with the absence of a |
