Body weight and lengths of the wing, tail, tarsus, beak were measured in 139 black grouse (BG) Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758) 318 hazel (HG) Tetrastes bonasia captured north Arkhangelsk Region (Russia) 1990–2006. Almost all estimates are within average range parameters for Northern Europe (Norway – Komi Republic). Sexual dimorphism BG was revealed traits except wing length; by tail length appe...

African Rock Pipits Anthus crenatus occur in mountainous terrain with steep slopes, and as a result are not easily captured. This is borne out by the South Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) data, which lists fewer than 20 individuals of this species ever having been caught ringed. As this, there also limited biometric data available for species. In paper, I collated from ringed birds (n = 12) well mu...

Frau: the University I)epartment of ()rthopaedzc Surgery. .Uanc/iester Royal Infirmary The acquired deformity of peroneal spastic flat foot has posed many problems since its description by Sir Robert Jones (1897, 1916). Although radiographic anomalies in the tarsus have been emphasised in recent years (Harris and Beath 1948), there is no general agreement on their significance. Opinions on the ...

Two new species from the southern tundra of the Taimyr Peninsula (Russia) are described. Chrysotus tricaudatus Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova sp. nov. is similar to C. albibarbus Loew, but can be distinguished by its brown palpus with black setae, yellow hind tibia and base of hind tarsus, and features of the male genitalia. Chrysotus komovi Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova sp. nov. is similar ...

A new Eleutherodactylus, E. ernesti, is described from the peak (3900 m) of Volcan Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador. This species is characterized by a glandular, pitted dorsal skin with heavy, glandular dorsolateral ridges, densely-warted flanks, small circular patches of glands in the axilla, groin, and on the rear thigh, a concave canthus and loreal region, a snout in profile that is dorsally ...

We report the isolation and expression patterns of aristaless (al), a paired-type homeobox gene, of Gryllus bimaculatus (Gb), a hemimetabola model insect. Gryllus al (Gbal) is expressed in the most distal region of developing labrum, antenna, mandible, maxilla, labium, leg, cercus, and hindgut. Gbal is also expressed in the proximal region, corresponding to the presumptive coxopodite, of the de...

purpose : primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid is a localized type of amyloidosis without evidence of systemic involvement, which is a quite rare clinical condition. here we report a case of primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid. case report : a 40-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of swelling of the left upper eyelid resulting in a mechanical ptosis. the mass had a firm b...

BACKGROUND To present a case of conjunctival lymphoma in a young woman complicated by pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION A 38-year-old previously healthy woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive right blepharoptosis. Giant papillomatous sessile masses were identified in the upper and lower fornix bilaterally and involved the tarsus of the right upper lid. The remaining ophthalmic examin...

The fore tarsus of the male scuttle fly, Aenigmatias lubbockii (Verrall) (Diptera: Phoridae), is broad and equipped with flattened and apically truncated (FAT) setae on the ventral surface, which are suggested to be involved in the intraspecific phoretic behaviour including airlifting and dispersal of the female. The combination of FAT setae on the male fore tarsi and regularly arranged microtr...

Keratoconus has been associated with various ocular and systemic disorders. It has been linked, in a few cases, with floppy eyelid syndrome (a disorder characterized by a soft rubbery upper tarsus, papillary conjunctivitis and obesity). A 40-year-old male presented with a complaint of gradually decreasing vision in the right eye. An intermittent right exotropia had become constant and he was un...