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MR. F. E. BEDDARD OJf THE 



[May 21, 



in length, in the small intestine, which ends just at the origin of 

 the cieeum. 



The csecum measures 10 mm. from the apex to the inner side of 

 its junction with the intestine in a straight line. A median anan- 

 gious sheet of mesentery connects it with the intestine and extends 

 about halfway up it. A blood-vessel crosses the intestine on each 

 side to supply the caecum, hut is not borne upon a mesentery. 

 The caecum is regidarly conical in form, and slightly curved towards 

 the small iutestine. 



The Liver. — The abdominal surface of the liver is shown in the 

 accompanying drawing (fig. 3). All the 6 lobes are perfectly 

 separate from each other. The Spigelian lobe is small and pointed. 



rig. 3. 



Liver of Cryptoprocta ferox. 



R.C., right central lobe; L.C., left central lobe; L.L., left lateral lobe; R.L., 

 right lateral lobe ; Ca., caudal lobe ; Sp., Sjjigelian lobe ; G., gall-bladder. 



The right central lobe is nearly completely divided into two unequal 

 halves by the furrow which lodges the gall-bladder. The relative 

 sizes of the different lobes may be expressed by means of the 



following formula : — 



LL2>LC2<EC3>RL2>Ca3>Sp. 



For a comparison of the liver of this animal with that of other 

 Ailuroidea I have referred to Dr. JMivart's paper upon the anatomy 



