COMMON CORMORANT. 4lJ9 



cular coat thin, but with two distinct tendons. It is of an oblong form, 

 compressed, and at its upper parts has a rounded lobe, from which the in- 

 testine comes off. The inner coat is thick, soft, and rugous. The pylorus 

 has a circular marginal rim. The intestine, which is 8 feet long, is at its up- 

 per part II in diameter, towards the coeca ||. The rectum is 7 inches long, 

 its diameter for 4^ inches is {'^ ; the cloaca globular, 2/^ in diameter ; the 

 cceca l^ long. The cystic duct enters one inch below the hepatic ; between 

 them enters one of the pancreatic ducts, the other 2 inches farther up. 

 The distance from the pylorus to the hepatic duct is 16^ inches. 



The lungs extend to the kidneys. The ovules exceedingly small and 

 numerous. In the^'proventriculus and lower part of the oesophagus were 

 many small ascarides. The contents of the stomach were a few bones 

 of fishes. 



Although I have not actually observed that Cormorants have the 

 power of disgorging such substances as they are unable to digest, I should 

 not be surprised to find this to be the case, when their habits are investi- 

 gated in a state of domestication. 



