points are more strongly developed than in the corresponding vertebra
of the Game-fowl or _G. bankiva_.

_Pelvis._--This differs in some few points in the several skeletons.
The anterior margin of the ilium seems at first to vary much in
outline, but this is chiefly due to the degree to which the margin in
the middle part is ossified to the crest of the spine; the outline,
however, does differ in being more truncated in Bantams, and more
rounded in certain breeds, as in Cochins. The outline of the ischiadic
foramen differs considerably, being nearly circular in Bantams, instead
of egg-shaped as in the Bankiva, and more regularly oval in some
skeletons, as in the Spanish. The obturator notch is also much less
elongated in some skeletons than in others. The end of the pubic bone
presents the greatest difference; being hardly enlarged in the Bankiva;
considerably and gradually enlarged in Cochins, and in a lesser degree
in some other breeds; and abruptly enlarged in Bantams. In one Bantam
this bone extended very little beyond the extremity of the ischium. The
whole pelvis in this latter bird differed widely in its proportions,
being far broader proportionally to its length than in Bankiva.

[Illustration: Fig. 38.--Extremity of the Furcula, of natural size,
viewed laterally. A. Wild _Gallus bankiva_. B. Spangled Polish Fowl. C.
Spanish Fowl. D. Dorking Fowl.]

_Sternum._--This bone is generally so much deformed that it is scarcely
possible to compare its form strictly in the several breeds. The shape
of the triangular extremity of the lateral processes differs
considerably, being either almost equilateral or much elongated. The
front margin of the crest is more or less perpendicular and varies
greatly, as does the curvature of the posterior end, and the flatness
of the lower surface. The outline of the manubrial process also varies,
being wedge-shaped in the Bankiva, and rounded in the Spanish breed.
The _furcula_ differs in being more or less arched, and greatly, as may
be seen in the accompanying outlines, in the shape of the terminal
plate; but the shape of this part differed a little in two skeletons of
the wild Bankiva. The _coracoids_ present no difference worth notice.
The _scapula_ varies in shape, being of nearly uniform breadth in
Bankiva, much broader in the middle in the Polis