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usual situation ; the duct passed over the masseter, and entered op- 

 posite the 3rd molar, anterior to the edge of the buccinator. 



" The sterno-cleido-mastoideus was attached not only to the mas- 

 toid process, but also to the whole extent of the occipital ridge ; it 

 consisted of two portions arising as usual, from clavicle and ster- 

 num. 



" The tongue was thick at its base, which rose abruptly from a 

 deep furrow surrounding its root ; the distance from its root to the 

 epiglottis ^ of an inch. Its form was narrow, equal, and rounded at 

 the tip ; its surface was velvety, and one large central papilla was 

 seated near its base. Length altogether 2 inches. Breadth ^ an 

 inch. Length of free part J of an inch. The palate was divided 

 by elevated transverse ridges into 8 furrows. 



''Pharynx spacious, and lined with a corrugated membrane. 

 (Esophagus narrow, its inner membrane being/puckered longitudi- 

 nally. 



" The anterior surface of the thyroid cartilage was regularly con- 

 vex, but not so protuberant as in the phalangers ; nor did the os 

 hyoides play freely over it." 



Mr. Edward Burton, of Fort Pitt, Chatham, communicated a de- 

 scription of a small species of Pipra received from the Himalaya 

 mountains, and considered by Mr. Burton to be the first species of 

 this genus yet discovered in those regions. He characterized it as 



Pipra squalida. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS OF THE 

 ROYAL INSTITUTION. 

 (Continued from p. 318.) 



April 7th. — Mr. Dent on the construction and manufacture of 

 clocks and watches. 



April 14?th. — Mr. Griffiths on capillary and cohesive attraction, 

 and their application to the art of veneering. 



April 21st. — Mr. S.Solly on the central portions of the nervous 

 system in the animal kingdom. 



April !^8th. — Mr. Faraday on a peculiar condition of iron in rela- 

 tion to its chemical affinity and its electromotive force. (See the 

 papers by MM. Schoenbein and Faraday in our preceding and 

 present volume, including two by the former in the present Number.) 



May 5th. — Dr. Boase on tin and its application to the arts. 



May 12th. — Dr. Mantell on the Iguanodon and other fossil re- 

 mains discovered by him in Tilgate Forest. 



May 19th. — Mr. Warren De la Rue on the history and manu- 

 facture of playing-cards. 



CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



April 17. — A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on 

 Monday evening, the Rev. Dr. Clark, the President, being in the 

 chair. The Rev. L. Jenyns made some remarks on the unusual de- 

 gree of cold which prevailed during March. It was stated that the 

 mean temperature of the month, as deduced from observations made 



