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other Gallinaceous birds, and the pancreas extends quite to the end 

 of the duodenal loop. Penelope super ciliaris has also rather a shoi-t 

 intestine and the pancreas extends to the end of the duodenal 

 loop, thus showing that there is no distinction in this matter 

 between the two groups of Gallinaceoiis birds. Ortalis (see text- 

 fig. 12, p. 5(5) has also a very simple and short gut. 1 pass by a 

 number of other genera that I have examined and which are 



Text-fig. 14. 



7' 



cae. 



Intestinal tract of Podargus cuvieri. 

 Letterin"- as before. 



quite like those ali-eady dealt with, to consider a remarkable 

 variation shown by Euplocamus nycihemerus. In one specimen 

 the typical Gallinaceous arrangement was to be seen ; the calibre 

 of the duodenum was much greater than that of the succeeding 

 part of the small intestine and the pancreas extended to the 

 very end of the duodenal loop. The terminal straight portion 

 of the ileum was attached in the usual way by ligament to the 



