1892.] 



MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE INDIAN DARTER. 



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The same drawing also illustrates the arrangement of the pan- 

 creatic ducts, to which neither Garrod nor Forbes make any allusion 

 in either species. There were two minute caeca in my specimen. 



The stomach agrees perfectly well with Mr. Forbes's description of 

 that organ. Some of the membranes surrounding the stomach have 



A. Lower mandible of Indian Darter, to illustrate rudimentary tongue (t) ; 

 B. Rudimentary tongue in profile. 



rather a peculiar arrangement. The liver lies near to the posterior 

 end of the thoracic cavity, and a considerable space is thus left 

 lietween its anterior border and the apex of the heart. This is a 

 very unusual state of affairs. As a general rule the front end of the 

 liver is nearly in contact with the heart. Unfortunately 1 have not 

 had the opportunity of observing how matters stand with Phalacro- 

 corax, Pelecanus, and Sula. This space which divides the liver from 

 the heart is of course bounded laterally by the oblique septa, and 

 behind by a membrane shutting off this space from the liver. It 



