. A book of whales. Whales. SOME INTERNAL STRUCTURES 39 precisely, occurs. And even in another group of vertebrates altogether, the Hornbill offers an example of a bird in which two of the cervical vertebrae are fused. We shall deal presently with some facts in which the Dugongs and Manatees resemble the whales, but. FIG. 8. CERVICAL VERTEBR/E OF RIGHT WHALE. (From van Beneden and Gervais.) this view of the relationships of the whales is not one which at the present day commends itself to naturalists. It is a curious fact, however, that one of the most remarkable peculiarities of one of these
. A book of whales. Whales. SOME INTERNAL STRUCTURES 39 precisely, occurs. And even in another group of vertebrates altogether, the Hornbill offers an example of a bird in which two of the cervical vertebrae are fused. We shall deal presently with some facts in which the Dugongs and Manatees resemble the whales, but. FIG. 8. CERVICAL VERTEBR/E OF RIGHT WHALE. (From van Beneden and Gervais.) this view of the relationships of the whales is not one which at the present day commends itself to naturalists. It is a curious fact, however, that one of the most remarkable peculiarities of one of these Sirenia, the Manatee, , the dropping of one cervical vertebra, already referred to, is hinted at in certain whales. The late Dr. Gray used as a specific, and even as a generic, character the fact that in some whales the first rib is a double structure,. 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 Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925. London, J. Murray; New York, G. P. Putnam's sons
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