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English: Skull of adult Fowl. This skull is unusually schizognathous, the vomer (v.) being very small, and the maxillo-palatine process (mxp) much aborted.

bo, Basi-occipital.
bt, Basi-temporal.
eo, Lateral occipital.
eu, Eustachian tube.
ic, Internal carotid.
j, Jugal.
l, Lacrymal.
mx, Maxilla.
mxp, Maxillo-palatine process.
oc, Occipital condyle.
pa, Palatine.
pf, Post-frontal.
pg, Pterygoid.
prp, Pterygoid process of sphenoid.
px, Premaxilla.
q, Quadrate.
qj, Quadratojugal.
rbs, Rostrum of basisphenoid.
so, Supra-occipital.
v, Vomer.
8, Exit of vagus nerve.
9, Exit of hypoglossal nerve.
(After W. K. Parker.)

Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, article Bird
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 3, Page 961
Author Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

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