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similar in this respect to the rumen or paunch of a cow. In the 
crop, the feed is mixed with digestive juices which soften and 
prepare it for the second stomach (proventriculus). This latter 
Tongue 
apeer bill removed 
Esophagus 
Duodenum ; 
Small intestine 
Caeca 
Rectum 
Cloaca 
Liver 
Spleen 
Gall bladder 
Pancreas 
GIVOP RW HAQHAROO 
After Wheeler. 
Fia. 97.—The digestive tract of a fowl. 
organ is much smaller and more muscular than the crop and the 
feed is passed into it only in small portions (Fig. 97). After 
being acted upon by the digestive fluids of the second stomach, 
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