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BLOOD OF BIRDS. 



Blood of Birds. 



10. Ardea Nyciicorax, Linnaeus (female). Night Heron. June 12. • 



This bird had its wing broken, and was also wounded in the neck, where some 



blood had been extravasated into the cellular tissue. The blood was drawn about 



two hours after its capture. 



Specific gravity of the blood 

 Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" in serum of 1000 parts of blood 



Water in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " serum 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water ..... 

 Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) 

 Albumen, fatty and extractive matter 

 Fibrin ..... 

 Fixed saline constituents 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



( Water 



Moist blood-corpuscles 315.84-! 



(Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



684.16 -f™" • . • 



(.Solid constituents 



1028 



127.11 



50.00 



45.95 



812.89 



950.00 



872.89 



74.91 



43.41 



2.20 



6.59 



23G.88 

 78.96 



636.01 

 48.15 



17. Sj/rnium nebulosum, Linnaeus. Barred Owl. May 14. 



This bird had been shot in the eye, wing, and other parts of the body, and kept 

 without food for twenty-four hours. 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" in serum of 1000 parts of blood 



Water in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " serum 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water ..... 

 Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) 

 Albumen, fatty and extractive matter 

 Fibrin ..... 

 Fixed saline constituents 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



( Water 

 Moist blood-corpuscles 427.36 ■{._,., 



(Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



572.64 j Water • 



I Solid constituents 



160.34 



54.94 



48.81 



839.66 



945.06 



839.66 



101.08 



46.51 



4.69 



8.06 



320.52 



106.84 



519.14 



53.50 



18. Cathartes alratus, Wils. Black Turkey-Buzzard. Sept. 8. 



Tbe blood had a strong, disagreeable, musky odor, similar in all respects to that 



