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Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



the alveolar region of the upper jaw, while the palatine is con- 

 tinued forward as described by these authors, passing just in- 

 side the internal nares, and forward and beneath the premax- 

 illary bone. 



Figure 2. Projection of fifth and seventh nerves of Salamandra ma'culata, 

 viewed from above; letters as before excepting op-, op^, middle and outer divis- 

 ions of the ophthalmicus profundus ; t, ramus communicans between palatine 

 and profundus nerves, x 30. 



In the Journal of Morphology Vol. XI, No. 2, Mr. Alvin 

 Davison gives an account of some features in the anatomy of 

 the young and of the adult Amphiuma. It is unnecessary to 

 notice here the whole article but there is a point of nervous anat- 

 omy mentioned which may fittingly be commented upon in a 

 Journal devoted to neurological matters. Mr. Davison says 

 (p. 401): "The most important and interesting structure is 

 found below and external to the eye in my smallest specimen, 

 seventy eight millimeters in length. There appears in this re- 



