. The structure and classification of birds . aprimulgtis (afibb Huxley).Pmx^ premaxilla; Mxp, maxillo-palatine ; Vo, vomer; PI, palatine; Pt, pterygoid. v?ith the hook-like maxillo-palatines. Bach of the latter isconnected by a ligament with the internal forward process ofthe palatine of its own side, the hinder part of which islargely ossified. The basipterygoid processes are well de-veloped. The lacrymal is large and binds upon the ectethmoids are attached to the broad outer flange ofthe palatines by a cartilaginous prolongation. Pakkek, On the Structure and Development of the Bi
. The structure and classification of birds . aprimulgtis (afibb Huxley).Pmx^ premaxilla; Mxp, maxillo-palatine ; Vo, vomer; PI, palatine; Pt, pterygoid. v?ith the hook-like maxillo-palatines. Bach of the latter isconnected by a ligament with the internal forward process ofthe palatine of its own side, the hinder part of which islargely ossified. The basipterygoid processes are well de-veloped. The lacrymal is large and binds upon the ectethmoids are attached to the broad outer flange ofthe palatines by a cartilaginous prolongation. Pakkek, On the Structure and Development of the Birds Skull, (2), i. OAPRIMULGl 289 In Chordeiles the skull is nmch upon the same plan,but the maxillo-palatines meet in the middle line, and mayeven become ankylosed. The skull is thus desmognathous, in fact. In C, virgi-nianus, however, the bones do not meet. The skull of Nyctibius jamaicensis (see fig. 119), de-scribed by HuxiiBY, is not widely different from that of Capri-mulgus. The ligaments which unite the inner angle of the fmx.
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