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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo02amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL form of the lo moth (.4 iitomeris to). The left side of the specimen shows, in the coloration of the wings, head, thorax and legs, and the structural characters of the antennas, the features of the nor- mal male, while the corresponding right side shows the features of the normal female, except the hind leg, which is like that of the male. In shape and size, the abdomen is like that of the female, while in color it is like that of the male, except that the under side is dull brown, as in the female. NEWS NOTES.
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lEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALAEON- TOLOGY.—-The preparation of the series of skel- etons and bones representing the development of the horse, provided for by the liberality of William C. Whitney, Esq., is progressing satisfactorily. The skeleton of the three-toed horse, Anchitherium, which was discovered last season, has been mounted and placed on exhibi- tion in the Hall of Fossil Vertebrates. This specimen has been the means of determining positively the occurrence of this marsh- living horse in this country, and has enabled Professor Osborn and his assistants to clear up the doubtful relations of many specimens which were obtained by Professors Leidy and Cope, but which were too fragmentary to be classified satisfactorily. Anchitherium was an animal about as large as a small Shetland pony, and differed especially from the Plains horses by having short-crowned teeth and by its broad-spreading three-toed feet which enabled the animal to walk over soft ground without sinking. The Museum has also secured recently from South Dakota a considerable portion of an excellent specimen of Mesohippus bairdi, which, together with material already in the collection, will make possible the mounting of a skeleton showing this stage in the development of the Horse. Mesohippus was about the size of a sheep. In preparing the comparative series of skeletons showing the 40

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