362 THE ALBATROSS. 



throughout its whole length ; a line of demarca- 

 tion marking the termination of the oesophagus 

 and commencement of the first stomach ; length 

 of the second stomach or gizzard one inch, in 

 which were found some small beaks of a sepia ; 

 length of the intestines, commencing from the 

 second stomach and terminating at the rectum, 

 six feet ; the lower part of the rectum was dis- 

 tended with fceces, white, and of a calcareous 

 deposition in appearance, some of which was 

 concreted, but readily broke like a soft calculus; 

 renal veins much distended ; pancreas in length 

 three inches and two-eighths, very narrow at the 

 upper part, and attached by a cellular membrane 

 at that part to the gall bladder, and a portion of 

 the duodenum ; it became larger in the middle, 

 and narrower (but not so narrow as at the first 

 part) at the termination ; about four inches and 

 a half before the termination of the rectum 

 are two projections, one on each side ; in the 

 upper part of the rectum the foeces were dark- 

 coloured, but at intervals were formed into hard 

 lumps. The bird, in its general internal appear- 

 ance, had not the healthy appearance of those 

 recently killed, which must be attributed to its 

 having been kept in a state of confinement. 

 The larger species of albatross arrives at the 



