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It consists of the leg of a Goshawk--Astur atricapillus, Wilson--from the outer inferior condyle of the right tibia of which had projected a supernumerary leg that terminated in two toes, the whole abnormality being about one-half the size and length of the natural leg and toes Illustration: Fig.— The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300
A thousand from Alphaeus' Tuscan town Of Pisa, with him to the war proceed In bristling ranks, all spearmen of renown Next, Astur--comeliest Astur--clad in weed Of divers hues, and glorying in his steed Three hundred men from ancient Pyrgos fare From Caere's home, from Minio's fruitful mead And they who breathe Gravisca's tainted air.— The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
But hark! the cry is Astur:— Lays of Ancient Rome
But hark! the cry is Astur: and lo! the ranks divide;— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886
It consists of the leg of a Goshawk -- Astur atricapillus, Wilson -- from the outer inferior condyle of the right tibia of which had projected a supernumerary leg that terminated in two toes, the whole abnormality being about one-half the size and length of the natural leg and toes.— The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300
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