. A dictionary of birds . PORTIOJt OF THE SAME &, SHEWI^G THE L\TREMI1V; Oi iHE blKI) s 1ilL. Xatural size. About the size of a Rook, its most obvious peculiarity is a longLizard-like tail of 20 vertebrae, from each of which springs a pair ofwell-developed rectrices. Thebill was short and blunt; theupper jaw being furnished with13, and the loAver Avith 3 teethon each side, all implanted indistinct sockets. The vertebraeof the neck and back werebiconcave, the sternum seemsto have been keeled, and themanus had 3 free digits. Thetibia and fibula do not coal-esce, and the former was furnished
. A dictionary of birds . PORTIOJt OF THE SAME &, SHEWI^G THE L\TREMI1V; Oi iHE blKI) s 1ilL. Xatural size. About the size of a Rook, its most obvious peculiarity is a longLizard-like tail of 20 vertebrae, from each of which springs a pair ofwell-developed rectrices. Thebill was short and blunt; theupper jaw being furnished with13, and the loAver Avith 3 teethon each side, all implanted indistinct sockets. The vertebraeof the neck and back werebiconcave, the sternum seemsto have been keeled, and themanus had 3 free digits. Thetibia and fibula do not coal-esce, and the former was furnished with a series of feathersvery similar to those of the tail.^ Though presenting many^ J. Evans, On Portions . . of the Archasopteryx. London : Head of ARCHiEOPTERYX,from the specimen in theMuseum of Berlin. Natural size. (After Dames.) :8o FOSSIL BIRDS
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