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two rather semicircular depressions, (one over 



and bound down firmly by a strong and dense 

 fascia : the distance between tbeso cavities, or 

 depressionSj (Jlii the specimen now under exa- 

 mination) wtka three-eighths of an. inch ; the 

 external uaai^ti t&fe cisti^ fe Wtf mtmrt 

 ptirtly cartilaginous, partly bony ; the gland 

 doc? not project over the outer marg^in, a dis- 

 tance of onc-cigbth of an inch ] icing left beyond 

 it. Not finding any dnct when I came to the 

 anterior perfltm oMEte^aaidi -wMdh was visible^ 

 I commenced a further reaearch, by laying opaoi 

 the bony plate which covered the olfactory part 

 of the npi)cr manilibk', continuing tlie destruc- 

 tion of this portion of the bill, on one side, to the 



fyt ^ ^ott distmoe t!t& %m% to- 



wards the nostril, situated rather above and ante- 

 rior to the nasal portion of the orljit. On pursuing 

 my dissection further, I found a nerve branch 

 ^ t^^ fifth i^^r?) pWa^nJowtt the mxt bony 

 plat^ m the interior pa!rt tS &e rnrn^ 

 dible ; tliis I traced until it entered the skull, 

 an<l thus found it had no connexion with the 

 gland, as its first appearance led me to suspect ; 

 but close to and under it im m^lm appear- 



