. The structure and classification of birds . ed by buta single species, the kagu (Bliinoclietus jubatus), of NewCaledonia. The bird is not unlike a heron in appearance;but BARTLETT, who made a careful study 2 of the habitsof specimens at the Zoological Societys Gardens, comparedits quick active movements rather with those of a cranethan with the slow motions of a heron. The anatomy ofthe bird has been chiefly studied by PARKER (osteology),3 1 So too apparently in Aniliropoides stanlcyanus (PARKER, Tr. Z. S. x. fig. 0). - P. Z. S. 18(52, p. 218. 3 On the Osteology of the Kagu, Zool. Tr
. The structure and classification of birds . ed by buta single species, the kagu (Bliinoclietus jubatus), of NewCaledonia. The bird is not unlike a heron in appearance;but BARTLETT, who made a careful study 2 of the habitsof specimens at the Zoological Societys Gardens, comparedits quick active movements rather with those of a cranethan with the slow motions of a heron. The anatomy ofthe bird has been chiefly studied by PARKER (osteology),3 1 So too apparently in Aniliropoides stanlcyanus (PARKER, Tr. Z. S. x. fig. 0). - P. Z. S. 18(52, p. 218. 3 On the Osteology of the Kagu, Zool. Trans, vi. p. 501. B B 370 STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS MUEIE (dermal and visceral structures),1 and myself(syrinx and muscular anatomy).2 Others, however, particu-larly FUKBBINGEB and GAEROD, have contributed details ofimportance to our knowledge of this bird. The powder-down patches, which were originally dis-covered by BARTLETT, exist as scattered groups of feathersof the kind; there are not the regular patches found in the =:*. st. FIG. 178.—CERTAIN LEG MUSCLES OF Rliinoclietiis (AFTER BEDDAKD).St, semitendinosus; A, its accessory ; S»i, seniimembrauosus. near ally of Rhinochetus, Mesites. The oil gland is presentbut nude. The feathers have an aftersliaft. There aretwelve rectrices. The pterylosis, imperfectly described by 1 On the Dermal arrl Visceral Structure of the Kagu, Zool. Trans, 465. - Contributions to the Anatomy of the Kagu, P. Z. S. 1801, p. t). See alsoW. MARSHALL, Quelques Observations sur la Splanchnologie de Rliino-clietus jubatus, Arch. Neerl. 1870, p. 402. GRUES 371 MUEIE, has been rather more fully dealt with by dorsal tract is double on the neck, and continues sountil its termination about on a level with the posterior portion of the dorsal tract is not continuouswith the anterior portions ; it terminates with a slight bifur-cation anteriorly and is widely dilated mesially. The ventraltract is broken into two by t
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