FIGURE 16b in Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species

FIGURE 16b. Comparison of tarsometatarsi (proximal end, right side), of Mascarene rails. A. UMZC 303BB Aphanapteryx bonasia u/s; B. UMZC 303C Erythromachus leguati u/s; C. NHMUK 1851.8.25.40 Porphyrio p. porphyrio u/s; D. UMZC 300AA Dryolimnas chekei sp. nov. u/s; E. NHMUK 1882.2.28.2 Dryolimnas cuvieri cuvieri u/s; F. NHMUK S/1989.38.1 D. c. aldabranus ♂; G. NHMUK S/1977.23.1 Gallinula c. chloropus u/s; H. NHMUK 1930.3.24.63 Fulica atra u/s. In Aphanapteryx, Erythromachus, Porphyrio and Dryolimnas, presence of (i) sulcus for tendon of musculus flexor perforatus digiti II; (ii) sulcus for tendon of musculus flexor hallucis longus; in Gallinula and Fulica, (i) canal for tendon of musculus flexor perforatus digiti II; (ii) sulcus for tendon of musculus flexor hallucis longus. Scale bar = 10 mm.