28 PROF. OWEN ON THE BIRTH OF THE GIRAFFE, ETC. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



PLATE I. 



The female Giraffe and her young one, as it appeared when one day old, showing its 



relative size to the parent. 



PLATE II. 



Fig. 1 . A portion of the chorion of the foetal Giraffe, showing portions of two rows of 

 the normal cotyledons and the intermediate irregular smaller ones : half 

 the natural size. 



2. One of the ordinary sized normal cotyledons, with a portion of the vascular 

 chorion to which it is attached. 



3. Component villi of the cotyledons, magnified four diameters. 



4. The pharynx, and apex of the larynx, showing the relation of the epiglottis to 



the soft palate and nasal canal in the young Giraffe. 



