. A dictionary of birds . liapica, the edges of whose jaws were serrated like those ofcertain Tortoises, but the general character was Steganopodous,with a similar division of the horny sheath of the mandible intoseveral pieces. A small skull, also from Sheppey, was described byhim as Halcyoriiis, and regarded as allied to the Kingfisher, but itseems more nearly related to the Gulls, further evidence to thiseffect being afibrded by an undoubtedly Larine humerus probablybelonging to the genus described. The equivalent beds at High-gate have supplied the sternum of a HERON-like bird, for whichth
. A dictionary of birds . liapica, the edges of whose jaws were serrated like those ofcertain Tortoises, but the general character was Steganopodous,with a similar division of the horny sheath of the mandible intoseveral pieces. A small skull, also from Sheppey, was described byhim as Halcyoriiis, and regarded as allied to the Kingfisher, but itseems more nearly related to the Gulls, further evidence to thiseffect being afibrded by an undoubtedly Larine humerus probablybelonging to the genus described. The equivalent beds at High-gate have supplied the sternum of a HERON-like bird, for whichthe name Proherodius has been suggested by the writer; a tarso- ^ Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 3, x. p. 403. ^ See Mercerat and Jloreno, An. Ahis. La Plata, i. (1891), and Ameyhino,Revist. Argent. Hist. Nat. i. pp. 441-453. 282 FOSSIL BIRDS metatarsus from tlie London Clay near St. Jamess Park confirmingits Ardeine relationship. Several associated bones of a bird fromSheppey were described by Sir R. Owen as Lithornis and provision-. Remains of Head of Odontopteryx, from the original in the British Museiuii. Side view. -5 natural size.
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