. The structure and classification of birds . -t -!—>■/.,. n Fig. 194.~Sykinx of Scopus (aftib Fig. 195.—Deep Plantab TendonsBeddakd). a. Front View. 6. Side of Scopus (afteb Beddaed). Fiji, flexor lialliicis ; , flexor profundus. View. which incHne to both the stork and the heron side, andwhich, perhaps, are the most important of such facts—itmay be mentioned that Scopus shows a stork-hke characterin the partial division of thepectoralisprimus,a fact which was first pointed out by Forbesincidentally, in his report upon the petrelscollected during the voyage of the Chal-lenger. The pata

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. The structure and classification of birds . -t -!—>■/.,. n Fig. 194.~Sykinx of Scopus (aftib Fig. 195.—Deep Plantab TendonsBeddakd). a. Front View. 6. Side of Scopus (afteb Beddaed). Fiji, flexor lialliicis ; , flexor profundus. View. which incHne to both the stork and the heron side, andwhich, perhaps, are the most important of such facts—itmay be mentioned that Scopus shows a stork-hke characterin the partial division of thepectoralisprimus,a fact which was first pointed out by Forbesincidentally, in his report upon the petrelscollected during the voyage of the Chal-lenger. The patagial muscles and tendonsare not specially distinctive of the affinitiesof the bird. In my dissection of Scopus Icould not find the expansor secundariorum;but as this muscle is found in most of theHerodiones its absence is not in any way sig-nificant, though it should doubtless beverified. The anconceus has a tendinous slipto the humerus. The deep plantar tendonsappear to vary somewhat; in two specimens dissected bymyself I met with the two conditions il

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