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THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, OR HANG-NEST. 



nares is linear, margined with pointed papillae. The tongue is 6 twelfths 

 long, emarginate and papillate at the base, slightly grooved above, horny in 

 the greater part of its length, and tapering to a deeply slit point. The oeso- 

 phagus, a b c, is 2 inches 5 twelfths long; at the upper part its diameter is 

 about 4 twelfths; it passes along the right side of the 

 neck, forming an elongated dilatation, of which the 

 greatest breadth is 6 twelfths; and on entering the 

 thorax, a b c, contracts to 3 twelfths. The proventri- 

 culus, c d, is 3j twelfths in breadth. The stomach, 

 d e, is an oblong gizzard, 7 twelfths long, 5 twelfths 

 broad, situated obliquely, its fundus being directed 

 toward the right side. The lateral muscles are mode- 

 rately developed; the epithelium longitudinally rugous, 

 tough, and of a reddish-brown colour. The contents 

 of the stomach are remains of insects. The intestine 

 is short and of moderate width, being 74 inches long, 

 its diameter in the duodenal portion 2^ twelfths. The 

 coeca, which come off at the distance of 10 twelfths 

 from the extremity, are very small, 2 twelfths long, ^ 

 twelfth in width. The cloaca is globular, and 7 twelfths 

 in diameter. 



The trachea is 1 inch 10 twelfths long, its breadth 

 anteriorly 1^ twelfths, at the lower part 1 twelfth. 

 The rings, about 70, are well ossified, and considerably 

 flattened. The inferior larynx has four pairs of mus- 

 cles besides the sterno-tracheal. The bronchi have 

 about 12 half rings. 



In another individual the intestine is 7 inches 9 

 twelfths long. The contents of the stomach are re- 

 mains of insects and particles of quartz. 



The Tulip Tree. 



Liriodendron tulipifera, Willd., Sp. Plant., vol. ii. p. 1254. Pursh. Flora Americ, p. 

 332. Mich., Abr. Forest, de l'Amer. Sept., t. iii. p. 202, pi. 5.— Polyandria Poly- 

 gynia, Linn. — Magnolije, Juss. 



This tree is one of the most beautiful of those indigenous to the United 

 States, and attains a height of seventy, eighty, or even a hundred feet. The 

 flowers are yellow and bright red, mixed with green, and upwards of three 



