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of fasciculi radiating from the tendons, the inner coat 

 being" soft and even. 36?/^, The intestine, convoluted in 

 the posterior part of the abdomen, coming off at the 

 upper and back part of the stomach, near the cardiac or 

 cesophageal orifice, gradually contracting as it approach- 

 es the rectum, at the commencement of which are two 

 very small coeca; the rectum itself is much enlarged, 

 lies behind the rest of the intestine, and terminates in 

 the cloaca or globular expansion, partly visible in the 

 figure. The rectum, artificially inflated with air, is re- 

 presented by Fig. 2. At the lower part is the globu- 

 lar cloaca, then the rectum, properly so called, at the 

 termination of which are seen the two papilliform coeca, 

 the part above which is the extremity of the small in- 

 testine. 



Plate IL represents the same parts in the Common 

 Long-eared Owl, Strix Otus of Linnaeus. The oeso- 

 phagus. Fig. 1, is nearly uniform in diameter in its 

 whole length, being destitute of the dilatation or crop 

 so conspicuous in that of the Buzzard and most other 

 species of the Falconine family. At its lower part is 

 seen the proventriculus studded with roundish glan- 

 dules. The stomach is nearly globular, and of the same 

 structure as in the Buzzard, but with the muscular fi- 

 bres more fasciculate. The intestine also is similar, 

 and terminates in a large cloaca, which is partly seen 

 at the lower part of the figure. The rectum, inflated, 

 is represented by Fig. 2, which exhibits at its lower 



