FIGURE 12 in Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius

FIGURE 12. Authors scaled illustration of jaw myology of Mascarene starlings compared with Sturnus vulgaris, posterior view, showing the relative development of M. depressor mandibulae. A. M. depressor mandibulae; B. biventer cervicis; C. hyoid bone. Sturnus vulgaris and Fregilupus varius are adapted from Berger (1957), the musculature of Necropsar rodericanus and Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus gen.nov. sp. nov. is illustrated hypothetically and based on morphometrics of the cranium.