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space between which and the 

 palatal slit is also covered with 

 papilla?; anteriorly, on the man- 

 dible, are three ridges; posterior 

 aperture of the nares oblongo- 

 linear, with its margins papil- 

 late; the lower mandible dilata- 

 ble, as in the Gulls. Tongue 1 

 inch long, emarginate and papil- 

 late at the base, broadly chan- 

 nelled above, contracted and in- 

 duplicate toward the end, horny 

 beneath, and thin-edged, with 

 the point slit to the depth of 

 1% twelfths. Lobes of the liver 

 very unequal, the right Sc- 

 inches long, the left 1 inch 10 

 twelfths; gall-bladder oblong, 

 1\ twelfths long, 3 twelfths 

 broad. The stomach, c d, is 

 small, 1 inch 2 twelfths long, 1 

 inch in breadth; its lateral mus- 

 cles thin; the epithelium thin, 

 longitudinally rugous, of a red- 

 dish colour. The proventricu- 

 lar glands extremely small, 

 roundish, forming a belt 7 

 twelfths in width. Intestine, 

 f g h I m, 24|- inches long, 6 

 twelfths wide at the top, but 

 contracting to 4 twelfths; it 

 forms 7 curves; the cceca, j k, 

 1 inch 10 twelfths in breadth. 

 Trachea 5 inches long, from 3|- 

 twelfths to 2\ twelfths long, 

 for 8 twelfths their width is 1 

 twelfth, afterwards 2\ twelfths, 

 diminishing to If twelfths, the 

 extremity blunt; rectum 2 inch- 

 es 3 twelfths long, for 1 inch 4 



