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Feet. Inches. Lines. 



Length of the duodenum 1 3 



Circumference of ditto 4- 



Length of the small intestines, inclusive of the 



duodenum 22 6 



Lei.gth of the cceca 1 3 



Circumference of the cceca and the small intes- 

 tines 2 6 



Length of the large intestines 6 



Circumference of ditto iJ 9 



" The total length of the individual examined, measured over the 

 back, was 3 feet 2 inches and 6 lines; the length of the neck, 11 

 inches and 9 lines; that of the trunk, 1 foot 1 inch and 9 lines." 



The reading of Mr. Reid's communication was illustrated by the 

 exhibition of the skeleton of the specimen o( the Patagonian Penguin 

 described by him, and of preparations of many of the viscera, the 

 whole forming part of the collection of Mr. Blackett. 



