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The Bird Building Book: A Manual for Preparing Bird Skeletons with a Bone Identification Guide The Bird Building Book: A Manual for Preparing Bird Skeletons with a Bone Identification Guide by Lee Post
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“Science terminology really falls flat on its face when it comes to describing the differences between [carpometacarpus] bones. For example, part of the description of this owl carpometacarpus reads:

"Carpal trochlea ends in a long shallow depression deeper than but continuous with a groove on the lateral surface of metacarpal 3. Metacarpal 3 flares at proximal end. Intermetacarpal tuberosity flaring on the interior side of proximal end of metacarpal 3."

By comparison, my description was more like: a sad-looking fellow with a bent back, mousy ears, and a slightly open mouth, looking like a character being yelled at for not bringing home any food today.”
Lee Post, The Bird Building Book: A Manual for Preparing Bird Skeletons with a Bone Identification Guide