Re: WING FEATHER ATTACHMENT

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Can anyone on the list provide me with any information as to which finger
> the wing feathers would attach to in raptors, assuming they had some sort
of
> feathers on their arms of course.

Just like in living birds -- number 2 and only number 2, which was the
longest and most robust one. The thumb and number 3 were free and probably
able to grasp below the wing (best seen in *Confuciusornis*, less obvious in
*Archaeopteryx*.) Regardless of whatever you mean by "raptor"... :-)
Oh, and while you are at it, don't put wing feathers on the upper arms.