CROWNED PIGEONS. 



in .some degrue resciubliiig a clutted pit^ce of 



ease Ojf o1>struct ion could he met wiUi, until, on 

 arriving at the srcond stoiiiacli or gizzard, I 

 found it distended to the utmost with food, and 

 for rather more -Qmi an iuch above the <mSm^ 

 orifice^ tlie alimetitstty ^aaaal ds© dlst^ttdM^ 

 as if some cause prevented tlu; uatunil passage of 

 tlic i\nn\ ; tlic intc>tiues ht'low the gizzard (ex- 

 cejjt at a ver}^ short distance from the pyloric 

 orifice, which was also distended with food) were 

 empty. Here, thmf I mm let! to expect some 

 exjilauatiou of tlie cause of obstruction, which 

 liad no doubt occasioned tlic death of tlie bird. 

 I liiiil o]M'U, wit!) luy scalpel, the sligbtly-dis- 

 teuiled intestiue jutit below or about the pyloric 



evfdeiil, lay tile appearsi&ed of a po^p^^ WUuifa 



caiiiL' out, being situated just below the part which 

 was ilistcn(li'(l, evidently forming the cause of 

 obstriietiiui to the passage of the tiigested food. 



This jjui(/pm mo^w^^^n lmgth, twomeIi€|aia4 

 mx-mglt^B t lit its greatest breadth, three- 

 eighths of an inch. It was rounded at one end ; 

 taprriijg almost 1u a jjoiiit at the other. Part 

 was of a bright veriuillion, and tl»e remainder 

 of n dirty or vdlowidi whiter 



