/Hood of Australian Animals. 



AVIAN CORPUSCLES. 



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AVIAN CORPUSCLES. 

 Sizes Measured in j>. 



L. I?. L. B. 



Muscovy Duck - - 10.6 6.6 - 

 Asarca tadornoides - 10.8 5.7 - 8.2 



(chestnut-breasted teal) 

 Anas superciliiosa - - 10.6 6 



(black mountain duck) 

 Anas superciliosa - 13.9 7.4 - 



(young) 

 Ardea sp (?) (heron) - 13 8.5 - 

 Spoonbill - - - 16.1 8.7 - 

 Ibis .... 



Grallina picata (young 12.6 7.3 - 10.9 8.3 



mudlark) 



Mammalia. (Plate XIX. ; Figs. 38-44.) 



The representatives examined in this group all belonged to the 

 Metatheria, being either marsupials or nionotrenies. 



Platelets were observed for the first time in t his group, being 

 absent in all forms with nucleated red corpuscles (Gruner); and 

 were very common in all species. In some of the marsupials they 

 appeared to have a definite outline. Sehafer (12), p. 47, mentions- 



