BELTED KINGSFISHER. 



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smaller than the other, 

 the former being 1 inch 

 11 twelfths in length, 

 the latter 1 inch 4 

 twelfths. There is no 

 gall-bladder. The sto- 

 mach, cde, is very large, 

 roundish, a little com- 

 pressed, its diameter 1 

 inch 7 twelfths. The 

 proventricular glands 

 are extremely small, and 

 occupy a belt 5 twelfths 

 in breadth. The mus- 

 cular coat of the sto- 

 mach is very thin, but 

 composed of strong fas- 

 ciculi, the middle coat 

 is nearly of equal thick- 

 ness ; internally there 

 is a complete epithelium, 

 which however, although 

 tough, is very thin, al- 

 most membranous, and 

 raised into numerous 

 tortuous rugae, without 

 any part being thicker 

 than another. The py- 

 lorus has six marginal 

 roundish fleshy papillae. 

 The duodenum, efg, pre- 

 sents the usual curvatiu"e, 

 being folded back upon 

 itself at the distance of 1 

 inch 8 twelfths ; the in- 

 testine, g h i, then forms 

 several convolutions, and 



