Publisher's Synopsis
GENERALITIES OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY 8, CHAPTER I OSTEOLOGY AND ARTHROLOGY: THE TRUNK 11, THE POSTERIOR LIMBS 77, THE POSTERIOR LIMBS IN SOME ANIMALS 87, THE SKULL OF BIRDS 119, CHAPTER II MYOLOGY: THE MUSCLES OF THE TRUNK 121, MUSCLES OF THE ANTERIOR LIMBS 141, MUSCLES OF THE POSTERIOR LIMBS 177, MUSCLES OF THE HEAD 198, CHAPTER III EPIDERMIC PRODUCTS OF THE EXTREMITIES OF THE FORE AND HIND LIMBS 208, CHAPTER IV PROPORTIONS 222, PROPORTIONS OF THE HEAD OF THE HORSE 230, CHAPTER V THE PACES OF THE HORSE 240 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS"