The earth in past ages The earth in past ages . earthinpastages00seel Year: 1902 THE OOLITES. 139 three fingers is 2, 3, 4. They are thus similar to the digits of the hind limb, and are apparently \ FlG *'n of the oldest-known binl. Arckaopteryx macru* showing impressions of the feathers on the wines, legs, and tail. FltMD the lithographic stone of Solenhofen (after Dames). capable of being applied to the ground like the fore limbs of a quadruped, although the great development of the feathers attached to the arm bones demonstrates that the wings were

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