Even the wide interval between birds and reptiles has been shown by the naturalist just quoted to be partially bridged over in the most unexpected manner, on the one hand, by the ostrich and extinct Archeopteryx, and on the other hand by the Compsognathus, one of the Dinosaurians-that group which includes the most gigantic of all terrestrial reptiles.
Aipaberri dugun naturalistak frogatu du txori eta narrastien arteko tarte zabala ere modurik ustekabeenean betetzen dutela, aldez bederen, alde batetik ostruka eta Archeopterix-ak, eta bestetik, Copsognathus-ak, Dinosauruetako batek, lehorreko narrastirik erraldoienak biltzen dituen taldea berau.