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Show 622 MR. P. CHALMERS MITCHELL ON THE [June 16, muscle, which spreads anteriorly and posteriorly over the lower surface of the space between the jaws, reaching forwards nearly to the posterior border of the mylohyoid anterior, and meeting its fellow from the other side in the middle line. The anterior or deeper division of the mylohyoid posterior has its origin partly in Dissection of hyoidean muscles of Opisthocomus cristatus. 1. Geniohyoid, posterior division. 2. Geniohyoid, anterior division. 3. Mylohyoid anterior. 4. Mylohyoid posterior, posterior division. 5. Mylohyoid posterior, anterior division. 6. Ceratoglossus. 7. Ceratohyoid. 8. Depressor mandibulae. Gtl., Mandibular gland. common with the foregoing division, but also extending a considerable distance over the inner surface of the ramus, a condition that I have not found in any other bird. In the Pheasants the origin is normal, a narrow nearly vertical line in front of the depressor mandibulae attachment. |
