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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE 



[Nov. 17, 



of the liver and the gizzard are enclosed in separate compartments 

 distinct from each other, and from that which contains the intestines. 



Fig. 1. 



Diagvam of abdominal cavity, and certain viscera of Crocodilus acvtiiK. 



H, Heart; B.L, L.L, liver-lobes; Sf, Stomacli enclosed in a septum of fibrous 

 tissue which passes across the abdominal cavity and covers over the 

 intestines ; on the surface of the septum run the anterior abdominal 

 veins ( V, V) \ S, sternum. 



The similarity in the disposition of the viscera in birds and rep- 

 tiles which has been jnst exemplified by a comparison between the 



