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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE 



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most reptiles — mesentery, mesocolon, and mesorectum being one 

 and the same fold." I can confirm my former statement that 

 Tamandua agrees in this particular, a confirmation being im- 

 portant in view of the fact that this condition of the gut appears 



Text-fig. 219. 



Three pieces of small intestine of Tamandua tetraclactyla. 



The upper figure is a portion of the duodenum showing papilla of bile-duct {h.d.) 

 and absence of " typhlosolar " fold. The two remaining figures are from the 

 jejunum, and the " typhlosole " (/) is present. 



to vary in Centetes. I take this opportunity of adding that in an 

 example of Myrmecophaga juhata dissected subsequently to the 

 date of my paper quoted below, there was no ligamentumj cavo- 



