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lateral muscles very strong, the left 9 twelfths thick, the right 1 inch; the 

 lower muscle very prominent; the tendons large and strong; the epithelium 

 very thick, with broad longitudinal rugae. The proventricular glands are 

 oblong, forming a belt 9 twelfths in breadth. The contents of the stomach 

 are remains of Crustacea. The intestine, f g h i j k, which is 39| inches 

 long, 5 twelfths in width in the duodenal portion, f g h, 3 twelfths toward 

 the middle, curves in the usual manner at the distance of 3-|- inches, passes 

 forward as far as the proventriculus, then turns backward to near the cloaca 

 along the right side, again forward, backward, forward, backward, and lastly 

 forward to above the tip of the heart, where it ends in the rectum, and 

 sends off the cceca; the rectum is 5 twelfths long, opening by a very small 

 aperture into a globular cloaca, j k, 1 inch in diameter. The cceca, / m, 

 which come off at the distance of 3 inches from the extremity, are 4 inches 

 long, 1^ twelfths in width for 1^ inches, then from 1 twelfth to 3 twelfths, 

 being enlarged and contracted at intervals, the tip for ^ inch only f twelfth 

 in width. The lobes of the liver are very unequal; the left lies beneath the 

 proventriculus and the anterior part of the gizzard, under the lower edge of 

 which it sends a long thin process; the right lobe is very much larger, nar- 

 row, and passes under the whole length of the stomach. 



Trachea 6 inches 2 twelfths long, a little flattened, from 3^ twelfths to 2\ 

 twelfths in breadth; its rings firm, 120 in number, with 2 dimidiate rings. 

 Bronchi rather wide, of IS half rings. Lateral muscles strong; a single pair 

 of inferior laryngeal muscles going to the last half ring. 



Dimensions of two male individuals, killed on the 26th of April, 1837, at 

 Galveston. 



Length to end of tail 20i, 20§- inches, to end of wings the same; to end 

 of claws 24, 29|; extent of wings 36f-, 38^; weight 1 lb. 1 oz., 1 lb. 9 oz. 



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