. The Bible and science. Fig. 105.—Jaw and vertebra of ichtlijornis. CONNECTING LINKS-THE COMPSOGNATHUS. 207 of a bird in every respect with the exception of thejaws, which are furnished with rows of bird, the Ichthyornis, has been found in thesame rocks as the hesperornis, and has teeth situatedin distinct sockets, while those of the hesperornis areonly in grooves. In this respect the ichthyornis isstill nearer the reptiles than the Fig. 106 —Comi)sognathus longipes, a reptile resembling a bird in its long neck,small head, and partially-erect posture. The skeletons

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. The Bible and science. Fig. 105.—Jaw and vertebra of ichtlijornis. CONNECTING LINKS-THE COMPSOGNATHUS. 207 of a bird in every respect with the exception of thejaws, which are furnished with rows of bird, the Ichthyornis, has been found in thesame rocks as the hesperornis, and has teeth situatedin distinct sockets, while those of the hesperornis areonly in grooves. In this respect the ichthyornis isstill nearer the reptiles than the Fig. 106 —Comi)sognathus longipes, a reptile resembling a bird in its long neck,small head, and partially-erect posture. The skeletons of existing birds differ considerably fromthat of reptiles, but in the skeletons of certain extinctlizards, the Dinosaurs, we find intermediate forms. On passing from the skeleton of the crocodile tothat of the dinosaur, and thence .to the skeleton of 208 CONNECTING LINKS-THE DINOSAUES. the bird, we find the haunch-bone becoming lonofer,

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