The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 177
ely of the skull, thebackbone, and the ribs. The vertebrae are joinedby exquisite ball-and-socket joints, and two ribsare attached to each vertebra, one on each side.Probably you have noticed that the under side ofa snakes body is covered with crosswise plates,which scientific men call scuta. Now,… … SKELETON OF AN INDIAN PYTHON. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY PERMISSION FROM THE ORIGINALIN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D. C.) STRANGE FISH AND REPTILES 367 stead of having no legs, really has two for eachfoot.
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