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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE ANATOMY 



[Mar. 3, 



described in five individuals) the pancreas (text-fig. 26) consists 

 of a large solid piece abutting upon the duodenal walls, as in the 

 othei" species of the genus with which it is here compared ; but 

 in addition to this there is a thin isthmus of pancreatic tissue 

 connecting the major half of the gland with a round piece of pan- 

 creatic tissue closely attached to the spleen ; the latter is of course 



Text-fig. 26. 



Pancreas and adjacent viscera of Corallus cooTcii. 



a. Commencement of coiled region of intestine. _p. Main mass of pancreas ; 

 jo'., process of the same attached to spleen, spl. Spleen. 



to be distinguished from the pancreas by its purplish colour, the- 

 pancreas being yellowish. In one example of Corallus cookii' 

 (specimen A) the spleen, instead of being a rounded body, is. 

 thicker at one end and tails oflT into a long thin process at the 



