. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. PICAIU^ IV.—The caeca are two little blind tubes springiug from the intestine at the commencement of the rectum or hinder part of the gut. In a broad way they are best developed in purely herbivorous birds, and small or short in meat- and fruit-eaters; sometimes they are entirely Fig. 5.—Base of the skull of Scrpentarius secretarius, showing the desmo- gnathous arrangement of the palate bones, the maxillo-palatines being coalesced across the middle line: jur^), maxillo-palatines; ^ja, palatine: ,_sphenoidal rostrum; ^j^g^, pte
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. PICAIU^ IV.—The caeca are two little blind tubes springiug from the intestine at the commencement of the rectum or hinder part of the gut. In a broad way they are best developed in purely herbivorous birds, and small or short in meat- and fruit-eaters; sometimes they are entirely Fig. 5.—Base of the skull of Scrpentarius secretarius, showing the desmo- gnathous arrangement of the palate bones, the maxillo-palatines being coalesced across the middle line: jur^), maxillo-palatines; ^ja, palatine: ,_sphenoidal rostrum; ^j^g^, pterygoid; , basi-pterygoid process of the basi-sphenoid ; , basi-spheuoid. v.—Huxley first pointed out the value of the arrangement of bones of the palate as an important character in classification. He distinguished four types of modifications as follows:—. 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 Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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