. The structure and classification of birds . FIG. 116. — PATAGIAL MUSCLES OFCaprimulcjus (AFTEK GAEKOD). rf, ; b, biceps ; h, Immerus ; tpb, ten-sor patagii brevis ; ecr, extensor carpi radialis. FIG. 117.—CORRESPONDING MUSCLES-OF Steatornis, BUT OF LEFT WING(AFTER GAEROD). /, triceps. Other letters as in fig. 11G. limited to its tendon. In Podargus FURBRINGER describesa special slip of rhomboideus profundus, arising separatelyfrom ilium. The anconceus has a tendinous humeral the thigh the muscle formula is either AXY— (most Capri -mulgi) or XY— (Steatornis). The tibialis anti


. The structure and classification of birds . FIG. 116. — PATAGIAL MUSCLES OFCaprimulcjus (AFTEK GAEKOD). rf, ; b, biceps ; h, Immerus ; tpb, ten-sor patagii brevis ; ecr, extensor carpi radialis. FIG. 117.—CORRESPONDING MUSCLES-OF Steatornis, BUT OF LEFT WING(AFTER GAEROD). /, triceps. Other letters as in fig. 11G. limited to its tendon. In Podargus FURBRINGER describesa special slip of rhomboideus profundus, arising separatelyfrom ilium. The anconceus has a tendinous humeral the thigh the muscle formula is either AXY— (most Capri -mulgi) or XY— (Steatornis). The tibialis antic its tendon ofPodargus is double. The glutaeus I. extends over biceps inNyctidromus, &c., not in JEgothelcs. No glutaeus V. Thereare sometimes both and sometimes only one of the twoperoneals present. In Steatornis and JEgothdes only thebrevis is to be found, in Nyctidromus only the longus ; inPodargus both. 238 STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS goatsuckers have by no means a uniform skull Thestructure. In Caprimulgus l the s


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