. The structure and classification of birds . FIG. 248.—SKULL OF OSTRICH (AFTEE HUXLEY).A, rostrum. Other letters as in fig. 244. margin of the pubis which may conceivably be the homologueof the marsupial bone of the marsupialia. The skull of Apteryx has been described by OWEN 2 as 1 Notes on an Ostrich lately living in the Societys Gardens, P. Z. S. 1872,p. 356. • On the Apteryx australis, Trans. Z. S. ii. p. 57, and iii. p. 277. STRUTHIONES 519 regards its adult structure, and the development has beenlately treated of by T. J. Apart from the very elongated anterior part of the skull


. The structure and classification of birds . FIG. 248.—SKULL OF OSTRICH (AFTEE HUXLEY).A, rostrum. Other letters as in fig. 244. margin of the pubis which may conceivably be the homologueof the marsupial bone of the marsupialia. The skull of Apteryx has been described by OWEN 2 as 1 Notes on an Ostrich lately living in the Societys Gardens, P. Z. S. 1872,p. 356. • On the Apteryx australis, Trans. Z. S. ii. p. 57, and iii. p. 277. STRUTHIONES 519 regards its adult structure, and the development has beenlately treated of by T. J. Apart from the very elongated anterior part of the skull CO, FIG. 249.—STERNUM OF OSTRICH (AFTER MIVART).LETTERS AS IN FIG. 74. the characteristics are those of the struthious birds Y-shaped posterior end of the vomer bears off from il


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