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pharyngeus) (text-fig. 15, a^.ph.) through which the nasal passage 

 communicates with the pharynx, 



Text-figure 17. 



Palate of OJcapia johnstoni. 



The Thyroid Body. 



The thyroid body, as in many other Ruminants (Sheep, Ante- 

 lopes, Giraffe), consists of the lateral lobes only, without a 

 connecting portion or isthmus between them. 



Each lobe is an oval body measuring 47 mm. in length x 

 16 mm. in breadth, and occupies much the same position as in 

 Domestic Ruminants in the angle between the oesophagus the 

 hinder part of the larynx and the trachea. 



The Lungs (text-fig. 18). 



The chief subdivision of the lungs follows the plan common to 

 Ruminants, there being two lobes to the left lung and three and 

 an azygos lobe to the right. The upper lobe of the right lung 

 is partially divided into two minor lobes, the upper of which 

 (text-fig. 18, r.a.l. 1 ) is the larger of the two, and is bent in the 



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