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The hedgehog has five nipples on each side ; the anterior pair come 

 further forward than in most other animals. 



Female Organs of Generation 1 . — The external vagina is an inch in 

 length, rugous within, and pretty large. The glans clitoridis is midway 

 between the external peak and the meatus urinarius : it has an oblong 

 head which is covered by a semilunar valvular prepuce, and is pretty 

 large. There is very little distinction between the external and internal 

 vagina ; [it is marked] only by the opening of the meatus and a gentle 

 stricture there. The internal or proper vagina is very large and rugous, 

 the rugae being mostly parallel near the os tincae : here it is contracted, 

 and the rugae are largest and transverse, and just at the os tincje there 

 are two large folds of the vagina that cover the mouth of the uterus 

 and appear like the os tincae itself. The uterus is very small, especially 

 its cavity : the common part is about half an inch long, and becomes 

 wider upwards, where it divides into the horns. The horns are pretty 

 thick but short, and plainly muscular. 



The tubes pass upon the capsula ovarii. The capsule is very large and 

 has but a very small opening, which is close to the end of the horn. 

 The ovaria are pretty large, and their surface is very irregular, with 

 deep sulci. 



Of the Contents of the Stomach, fyc. of the Hedge-hog at different 



Seasons. 



The hedge -hog is one of those animals that lie dormant in the cold 

 weather ; therefore the contents of the stomach and intestines must 

 differ in the different seasons very considerably. 



In the summer months, as April, May, June, July, August, Septem- 

 ber, and October, the stomach is found to contain the insects of the 

 season. In April, the stomach contained grubs, something that re- 

 sembled chopped hay, and sometimes a blade of green grass not chewed. 

 In May, June, July, and August, the stomach contained principally the 

 common caterpillar found on cabbages, with a variety of other insects, 

 as also with the above appearance of chopped hay. In October, the 

 stomach contained the wings of insects, which appeared to be principally 

 those of the black beetle, also a blade of chewed grass. 



In the intestine of all [during those months] the contents were simply 



desire for accuracy, and of the pains he devoted to thoroughly comprehending a com- 

 plex structure. The understanding of the one in question will be facilitated by com- 

 paring this account with the preparations Nos. 2152 and 2152 a; and with the 

 plate lv. Physiol. Catal. 4to, vol. iv., and its description.] 



1 [Hunt. Prep. No. 3576.] 

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