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adnate for half its length, 

 attenuated, tapering, flat 

 above, covered with papil- 

 lae, of which there is a large 

 one at the base on each 

 side ; the tip narrow, but 

 rather obtuse ; its length 

 7^ twelfths, its breadth 

 at the base nearly 3 

 twelfths, at the middle 1;^ 

 twelfth. 



Although the mouth is 

 thus of extreme width, the 

 aperture of the throat is 

 only in its ordinary state 

 6^ twelfths. Its mucous 

 membrane is thrown into 

 beautiful longitudinal ru- 

 gae, which are continuous 

 with those of the mouth. 

 The cesophagus, a b c, isS 

 inches 10 twelfths long, 

 funnel-shaped at the com- 

 mencement, its average 

 width in the rest of its ex- 

 tent 3 twelfths ; the pro- 

 ventriculus, b c, large, its 

 breadth being 7 twelfths. 

 The stomach, d e, is very- 

 large, roundish, consider- 

 ably compressed, 1^ inch 

 in diameter, its tendons 

 round, and ^ inch in 

 breadth. The inner sur- 

 face of the oesophagus is 

 longitudinally plicate; the 

 proventricular glands are 

 few, very large, branched, 



