. Fig. 1.—Under surface of right fore foot of Ictiajon veiwtkus. (Natural size.) Fig. 2.—Under surface of right hind foot of same. (Natural size.) (After Flower.) T/te Skeleton. The bones which compose the vertebral column, spine or " back- bone," consist of seven cervical vertebrae (as in almost all mammals), thirteen dorsal, seven lumbar (rarely six, as we have found in ), three or four sacral, and from eleven to twenty-two caudal vertebra?. • For an explanation of these terms the reader is referred to the Author's book on ' The Cat,' pp. 98 and 115, and therein will be fo


. Fig. 1.—Under surface of right fore foot of Ictiajon veiwtkus. (Natural size.) Fig. 2.—Under surface of right hind foot of same. (Natural size.) (After Flower.) T/te Skeleton. The bones which compose the vertebral column, spine or " back- bone," consist of seven cervical vertebrae (as in almost all mammals), thirteen dorsal, seven lumbar (rarely six, as we have found in ), three or four sacral, and from eleven to twenty-two caudal vertebra?. • For an explanation of these terms the reader is referred to the Author's book on ' The Cat,' pp. 98 and 115, and therein will be found full particulars as to the names of the bones, parts of bones, muscles, and other organs and anatomical structures herein referred to. Space cannot be afforded for such explanations in the present work.


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