1909.] 



OF MONKEyS OP THE GENUS PITHECIA. 



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The genei-al shape of the stomach calls for no particular comment. 

 It does not appear to me that the cardiac and pyloric orifices 

 are much approximated, as Flower has stated them to be in 

 Pithecia monachus. 



Text-fie-. 291. 



A 



B 



Caecum and colon of Pithecia pitliecia partly cut open to show internal 

 structure. 



A. Sacculations of colon shown as deep recesses. B. Opening of ileum. 

 C. CVco-colic valve. 



The small intestine measures 40 inches, the colon and rectttin 

 together 14, and the cmcum 3 inches. The proportions are thus 

 ra,ther different from those of Pithecia monachus as described by- 

 Flower, in which species the small intestine is 50 and the large 

 intestine 22 inches. From some manuscript notes left by the late 



