CEDAR BIRD. 



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the proventriculus, c d, 3^ twelfths in breadth. The stomach, d e, is 

 a small moderately muscular gizzard, of 

 a roundish form, 7^ twelfths in length, 

 and 8 twelfths in breadth ; its lateral 

 muscles well defined, the right 3 twelfths, 

 the left 2i twelfths thick ; the tendons 

 oblong and of moderate size ; the epithe- 

 lium dense, tough, longitudinally rugous, 

 and of a reddish colour. The liver is ex- 

 tremely large, the right lobe 1 inch 8 

 twelfths in its greatest length, the left 8 

 twelfths. The intestine,/^ A ^;, is short, and 

 of excessive width, its length 7i inches, 

 its breadth in the duodenal portion 4^ 

 twelfths, and so continuing with little di- 

 minution to the end. The duodenum, y^^, 

 curves at the distance of 1^ inch, passes 

 forwards, as usual, to beneath the liver, 

 then runs down the right side, bends to 

 the left, curves again to the right over 

 the duodenum, and crossing to the right 

 over the stomach, terminates in the rec- 

 tum. The coeea, i, are 2^ twelfths long, 

 and 1^ twelfth in width ; their distance 

 from the extremity 8 twelfths. There is 

 no decided cloacal enlargement. In the 

 oesophagus are several small berries ; the 



stomach is filled with berries and seeds, and the intestine contains a 

 very great number of the latter, so that this bird evidently has not the 

 power of pounding and digesting such as are hard. The same circum- 

 stance is observed in Woodpeckers, through the intestines of which 

 seeds pass unchanged. 



In another individual, the oesophagus is turgid with globular ber- 

 ries, 2 twelfths in diameter, so as to form an elongated crop, lying on 

 the right side of the neck, and extending over it behind. 



The trachea is 2\ inches long, of the uniform width of 1 twelfth, 

 considerably flattened, of 80 pretty firm entire, and 2 dimidiate rings. 

 The muscles of the inferior larynx, although four in number, are re- 

 markably small, compared with those of a Thrush. The bronchi are 



