. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). 70 CAElKATiE. The humerus is genercally like that of Ciconia, but has a deeper groove on the dorsal aspect between the head and the ulnar tuber- osity, a deeper coraco-humeral groove and subtrochanteric fossa, a sharp ridge overhanging the latter, and a more angulated dclto- pectoral crest. 3p5cul(otantalum IcucoctpljaluS (Gmelin i). Syn. Tantalus leucocephalus, Gmelin ^. The type and only Indian species. Of comparatively large size, the length of the tarso-metatarsus being 0,231. Ilab. India. A. 89. The distal portion of
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). 70 CAElKATiE. The humerus is genercally like that of Ciconia, but has a deeper groove on the dorsal aspect between the head and the ulnar tuber- osity, a deeper coraco-humeral groove and subtrochanteric fossa, a sharp ridge overhanging the latter, and a more angulated dclto- pectoral crest. 3p5cul(otantalum IcucoctpljaluS (Gmelin i). Syn. Tantalus leucocephalus, Gmelin ^. The type and only Indian species. Of comparatively large size, the length of the tarso-metatarsus being 0,231. Ilab. India. A. 89. The distal portion of the left tibio-tarsus; from Pleistocene cavern-deposits in the Karnul district, Madras. A rather larger specimen of the opposite side from the same deposits is figured by the writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 54, fig. 9, A, where it is incorrectly referred to Ibis melanocepliala. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India, 1886. A. 90. The distal extremity of the right tarso-metatarsus; from the cavern-deposits of the Karnul district. Agrees with the specimen of the opposite side figured by the writer (oj). cit. Fis. Pseudotantalus leucocephalus.—Anterior aspect of the distal extremities of tbe right tibio-tarsus aud the left tarso-metatarsus. \. a, bridge over groove for extensor tendons ; b, tubercle on same. (From the ' Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind.') fig. 9, B) as Ibis melanocepliala. Both this and the pre- ceding specimen agree precisely with the corresponding bones of modern examples of the present species (fig. 19). Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India, 1886. ' Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 049 (17SS). = Loc. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. [
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