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TftE AL«ATIIQSS. 



Lcn^r til or the l^ff ^orti bill to eictre- 



mitj of tail 4 »: « « • 4^4 



Langfctiof^ebtll 0 4 



Depth of tli«ba$eof thebtU . * . . 0 l| 



Leugthofltii^tgia . ♦ ♦ « , 0 8^ 

 Leogth of dhto> exsertjfea firom tbet 4iE«|})ers of 



the iirupigum . » . . . « 0 3^ 



Length of the thigh 0 3| 



'Length of tlt^Umm ♦ . . « ,0 3^ 



Length of the nilMt^ 'prlialaQges * . . 0 51 



Breadth of wings expanded » « « « 7 4 



Breadth between the wings fr<iBl iJie 1st jdiut. * 0 4| 



Lengtli of the 1st joint of the wing . » . 0 10}- 



Length of the 2nd joint . . , . 0 lOJ 



Length of the 3rd joint , . .4 0 4 



Length of the 4 th, or penfeathers* . .IS 

 Length of the inner angle of the eye to the base 



oftliehcak . . . . 0 1| 



The struL'ture of tlie mandible is mucli thinner 

 in this than in the large white specieSj and the 



ances. The pleura and peritoneum >vere found 

 inflated ; the abdominal viscera, except the liver, 

 were seen behind the latter ; liver large ; right 

 lobe longer and larger tfcaia the left j gall-Mad- 

 der two and one-eighth Inches in length, narrow, 



* The wing has ibur jointSj of wliich the second is the 

 longest. 



