. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). PH( / / The furcula is U-shaped, with the rami bent forwards, and approximates to that of the Platalcidce. The scajnila is charac- terized by the production of its clavicular extremity into a point. The coracoid (fig. 23) is very large, short, and wide, approximating to that of the Plataleidce ; the sternal extremity is much expanded, more oblique than in the Herodiones, with a well-marked and ele- vated hyosternal process ; the inner border is sharp and continuous with the recurved subclavicular process, at
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). PH( / / The furcula is U-shaped, with the rami bent forwards, and approximates to that of the Platalcidce. The scajnila is charac- terized by the production of its clavicular extremity into a point. The coracoid (fig. 23) is very large, short, and wide, approximating to that of the Plataleidce ; the sternal extremity is much expanded, more oblique than in the Herodiones, with a well-marked and ele- vated hyosternal process ; the inner border is sharp and continuous with the recurved subclavicular process, at the base of which there is a large foramen. The humerus is long, slender, slightly curved, with a small proximal extremity ; the head is more prominent than the tro- chanters ; there is a groove on the palmar aspect for the coraco- humeral ligament; the subtrochanteric fossa has no pneumatic foramen '; and there is no ectcpicondylar process. The two bars of the metacarpus are closely approximated ^ Family PHCENICOPTERID^. Characters those of the suborder. Genus PHCENICOPTERUS, Brisson^ In the skull the beak is depressed, and deflected at an angle in front of the nares. The tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus are greatly elongated, the length of the former bone much exceeding that of Fig. PalcsMus amhiguus (A) and Phoenico2->terus croL-eti (B).—Anterior aspect of the riglit tibio-tarsus; from the Lower Miocene of France. \. a, bridge over extensor groove ; b, intercondylar tubercle. 1 This character distinguishes the humerus from that of the Herodiones and Gruidcs. 2 In the CiconiidcB the two bars of the metacarpus are widely separated. In the Gruida they are intermediate between the Ciconiidis and PhixnicopteridcB. ' Ornithologie, vol. vi. p. 532 (17G0).. 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 wor
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