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MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE GREAT ANTEATER. [Mar. 7, 



The tip of the tongue is quite glabrous and globular ; but the greater 

 part of the rest of its extent, anterior to the pair of circumvallate 

 papillae, is dorsally and laterally covered with similar, but smaller, 

 retroverted papillae, best developed towards the tip of the organ, 

 and gradually getting smaller and smaller towards its base, till they 

 are scarcely visible to the unaided eye except in certain lights. 

 There is a median glabrous line, or shallow groove running along the 



Palate of Mynnecophxga jiibata ; from a preparation in the Museum of the 

 Koyal College of Surgeons, prepared from specimen a. 



tongue till near its apex ; but this is ventral in position. According to 

 Owen there is a similar dorsal one ; but if so, it is not very evident {I. c. 

 p. 129). The dorsal surface, however, is slightly fluted towards the 

 apex. In front of the circumvallate papillae a slightly raised median 

 longitudinal ridge extends for some 5 inches. 



My observations on the salivary glands agree well in most points 



