. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. SKELETON Birds, and certain Petrels, but dwindles almost to disappearance in some flightless forms such as the Dodo, the Kakapo {^Stringirps), the extinct New Zealand Goose {Cnemiornis), and a good many liails. The absence of a keel is characteristic of the other and smaller group of Birds, made up of the Ostrich, Ifhea, Emeu and. Fig. 2.—Skeleton of the trunk of a Falcon. Ca, coracoiil, which articulates with the sterimm {St) at t ; t.'', keel of .steruuiu ; Fit {CI), furcula (clavicles) ; (!, glenoid cavity for humerus ; ^, scapula; t'/(, uncinate pr
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. SKELETON Birds, and certain Petrels, but dwindles almost to disappearance in some flightless forms such as the Dodo, the Kakapo {^Stringirps), the extinct New Zealand Goose {Cnemiornis), and a good many liails. The absence of a keel is characteristic of the other and smaller group of Birds, made up of the Ostrich, Ifhea, Emeu and. Fig. 2.—Skeleton of the trunk of a Falcon. Ca, coracoiil, which articulates with the sterimm {St) at t ; t.'', keel of .steruuiu ; Fit {CI), furcula (clavicles) ; (!, glenoid cavity for humerus ; ^, scapula; t'/(, uncinate process ; T', vertebral, and ^^^a stei-nal, portion of rib. (lYoin Wiedersheim.) Cassowary, Moa and Kiwi, which from the resemblance the sternum tlius bears to a flat-bottomed boat gratis) are known as Jlatltae. Whether keeled or not, the breast - bone affords a surface of attachment to the principal muscles of the fore-limbs, and its anterior end supports the coracoids, as in Fig. 2. Various processes are in most cases developed on the sides of the sternum itself, behind its junction with the ribs, especially towards the. 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 Harmer, Sidney Frederic, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. [London, Macmillan and Co. , limited; New York : The Macmillan, Company
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