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of the abdomen. The lowest and largest superficial loop was formed 

 by the duodenum, and the whole were hid by an omental covering 

 thickly charged with fat. 



The interspace of the duodenum "vvaa occupied by the two lobes of 

 a narrow and elongated pancreas , the įjointed extremity of the an- 

 terior lobe extending freely beyond the bend of the duodenum, and 

 immediately beneath it appeared the end of the rectum and cloaca. 



Upon dissecting away the omental processes and raising the ex- 

 posed loops of intestine, the rectum was seen extendmg fonvards 

 about t\vo inches along the mesial line, and then receiving the ilium 

 and extremities of two ctsca : the anterior half only of the rectum had 

 an investment oi peritoneum. 



Upon raising the liver, and drawing aside the stomach, the duo- 

 denal loop was seen extending in a curved direction, and about four 

 inches in length, from the right side of the gizzard as before noticed ; 

 having fonned that loop, the intestine bends abruptly backwards, 

 upon itself to the right, and then forms a second loop three and a 

 half inches long, \vhich is continued doAvn the right side of the ab- 

 domen. Three simUar but somewhat shorter loops are there formed 

 to the left of the preceding, after \vhich the intestine returns to near 

 the commencement of the duodenum behind the stomach, and close 

 to the root of the mesenter)% whence it descends to form a lifth long 

 loop situated at the left side of the abdomen behind the others, and 

 then becoming looser terminates after a short convolution in the 

 rectum. 



The ctecu were each five inches in length, and attached throughout 

 their Avhole extent to different parts of the lašt folds of the ilium. 



The smaU intestines had a general diameter of three lines, their 

 size slightly diminishing on approaching the rectum. The cceca at 

 their commencement rather exceeded in diameter that of the ilium, 

 their capacity shghtly increasing to near their blind extremities, 

 \vhere, having attained the diameter of about five lines, they sud- 

 denly taper to an obtuse point. The anterior half of the rectum 

 was contracted and the lining membrane thrown into longitudinal 

 folds, but these gradually subsided in the second or dilated portion. 

 The rectum communicated with the urinary dilatation by a small 

 semHunar aperture, from w'hich several short ruga radiated. Tliis 

 compartment of the cloaca was not expanded into a large receptacle 

 as in the Ostrich, but oiFered the šame proportional size as in the 

 Emeu, measuring about two-thirds of an inch in length and the 

 šame in diameter. The extemal compartment of the cloaca con- 

 tained a large sm^e penis retracted spirsdly, and one inch and a half in 

 lengtli when extended. It ■vvas traversed by an urethral groove, the 

 sides of "vv'hich were not beset \vith papilla as in the Gander, but 

 simply wrinkled transversely. At the back part of the cloaca there 

 was a small bursa half an inch in length, and communicating by a 

 \vide longitudinal aperture with the external compartment. 



The gizzard contained a greenish yellow pulpy substance, and 

 numerous filamentary bodies, amongst which a few slender legs of 



