1875.] PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON THE MUSK-DEER. 167 
Measurements of the red corpuscles of the blood gave an average 
diameter of ;,/; 5 of an inch, or about the same as those of the 
Brocket-Deer (Cervus nemorivagus), and considerably larger than 
those of any Tragulus yet examined*. 
The heart and origin of the great arteries, two thirds natural size. 
R B, right brachial; RV, right vertebral; R C, right carotid; Z C, left 
carotid; L V, left vertebral; ZB, left brachial. 
Abdominal and Pelvic Viscera. 
The dissection of the abdominal viscera was somewhat interfered 
with by the extensive peritonitis which had prevailed shortly before 
death, all the intestines being glued together by effusion of lymph. 
On opening the cavity the liver was found to be entirely concealed 
continues for a shorter distance before it bifurcates into the carotids. The ver- 
tebrals are given off from the brachials before the internal mammary. The 
arrangement, therefore, is the same in principle as in the Musk. 
* See G. Gulliver, “ On the size of the Red Corpuscles of the Blood of Moschus, 
Tragulus, &e.,” P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 92. 
