All the bats of this family may be readily recognized by the presence of a well-developed third phalange in the middle finger, associated either with a distinct nose-leaf, or with central upper incisors, or with both.
The family may be divided into two subfamilies, of which the Emballonurinae is characterized by the incomplete premaxillae, the presence of only one phalange in the index finger, and the short tail.
The incisors are separated from one another in front and from the canines; the first phalange of the middle finger is very short, the crown of the head elevated, and the tail long.
The premaxillae are either small and separated in front, or rudimentary; and the first phalange of the middle finger when in repose is laid back on the metacarpus.
In both the crown of the head is elevated, the thumb and first phalange of the middle finger are very short, and the premolars are 2/3.
Lastly, Thyroptera includes two species distinguished by an additional phalange in the middle finger and by accessory clinging-organs attached to the extremities.
The fourth has a long and rather slender metacarpal, and three phalanges diminishing in size, the terminal phalange being very small.
It was Fourier's belief that one such phalange once established would so impress the world with its superiority that society would be glad to imitate it.
Each phalange was designed to be an ideal democracy, electing its officers and governing itself.
Digits: First phalange of first digit short and conical.
Digits: First phalange of first digit long and cylindrical.
The direction of the acromion is probably subject to large individual variations, though this can not be determined at present, and the same is true of the form of the first phalange of the first digit.
The humerus, metacarpus, and third phalange of the wing finger in Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus are exceptionally short as compared with other species.
The second phalange is concave at the upper articular end and convex in the longer direction at the lower end.
The first metacarpal bone is short, as in all birds; and the first phalange scarcely lengthens that segment of the first digit of the Bird's hand to the same length as the other metacarpal bones.
There is no greater anomaly in this metacarpal and phalange on the inner side being bent backward, than there is in the wing finger being bent backward on the outer side.
There is some support for this interpretation; but I have not seen any English or German Pterodactyles with only one phalange in the first toe.
The third phalange is the longest in the only specimen in which the finger bones are all preserved.
The first wing phalange is much longer than the others, which successively and rapidly diminish in length, so that the third is half the length of the first.
An immense pneumatic foramen is situate in a groove on the under side of the upper end of the first phalange in Ornithocheirus, but is absent in specimens from the Kimeridge clay.
According to Professor Williston, the American toothless Pterodactyle Ornithostoma has but a single phalange on the corresponding first toe of the hind foot, and that bone he describes as long, cylindrical, gently curved, and bluntly pointed.
To have a supple lower or middle joint does not relate to the Will but to the phalange of Logic of the possessor.
The shorter and more thick-set the nail phalange is, giving the appearance of a club, the more ungovernable is the person in his or her temper.
The first joint or nail phalange of the thumb, when long and thin, denotes the opposite of the above characteristics.
The firm-jointed thumb is then the outward sign of a more resisting nature, and the longer the first or nail phalange is, the stronger and more powerful the Will force.
The third phalange of the Thumb, which is placed under the designation of Love (Plate VI.
The true miser has always a thumb cramped towards the hand, and the nail phalange as a rule slightly turned in, as if the mind wanted to grab hold or retain.
In the hind-foot the terminal joint or phalange is retracted on to the top, and not the side of the middle phalange.
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