. A manual of zoology. 46S MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY ' Tiu. adult. The hyoid apparatus (Fig. 280), is of characteristic form, having an arrow-shaped body (/'. hy) with a short pair of anterior cornua (c. hy) derived from the hyoid arch, and a long pair of posterior cornua {c. br., ep. br) from the first branchial. The colu- mella is a rod-shaped bone ankylosed to the stapes, and bearing at its outer end a three- rayed cartilage or ex- tra-cohtmclla fixed to the tympanic mem- brane. The shoulder-girdle (Fig. 276) is quite un- like that of other Cra- niates. There is a pair of stout, pillar - like


. A manual of zoology. 46S MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY ' Tiu. adult. The hyoid apparatus (Fig. 280), is of characteristic form, having an arrow-shaped body (/'. hy) with a short pair of anterior cornua (c. hy) derived from the hyoid arch, and a long pair of posterior cornua {c. br., ep. br) from the first branchial. The colu- mella is a rod-shaped bone ankylosed to the stapes, and bearing at its outer end a three- rayed cartilage or ex- tra-cohtmclla fixed to the tympanic mem- brane. The shoulder-girdle (Fig. 276) is quite un- like that of other Cra- niates. There is a pair of stout, pillar - like coracoids (cor) articu- lating with deep facets on the anterior border of the sternum and directed upwards, for- wards, and outwards. The dorsal end of each is produced into an acrocoracoid process (acr. cor), and below this, to the posterior Fig. 281 — Coiumba Uvia. Skeleton of the left aspect of the bone, is wing. cp. mti-'p, carpo-nretacarpus; hu, hn- . . menis; //;./, phalanx of first digit; pns, attached by ligament a ;, phalanges of second digit; , 1 1 j j phalanx of third digit; pn. for, pneumatic SaDre-Shaped SCOpl/hl foramen; ra, radius; ra , radiale; id, ulna; / ,\ i • i 1 ui', uinare. \SCP) which extends Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Parker, T. Jeffery (Thomas Jeffery), 1850-1897; Haswell, William A. (William Aitcheson), 1854-1925. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co. ,Ltd.


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