THE ALBATBaSS. 



and miisc'iilur lihrcij,) i;? iin tilcvatcd substuucc at' 

 ^ leatli^iy textms^^ fesemWing tJmt of t}ie 

 ej^^gfottis^ of MrnmaUeL : Its fom k tn^ttgttlar, 

 the apex bciii**; inferior, mid coimectod with the 

 tniio-tio, and tlie base bring ch'vatcd, and ter- 

 iiiiuatiug ill three convex portions or lobes. The 

 iiiiddl? i^M of these lobel |f Ito largest ; it !b 

 and ms^ imxneilately dt^a^ l^^ttismgul^ 

 onfice of the larynx just descril^ed, wMclij when 

 dejn'C's^ed, it in size adapted to cover. In a 

 line continuous with the floor of the upper larynx 

 and penetrating beneath the epiglottis, is a cavity 



Having demonstrated these parts on the pre- 

 paration exhibited by him, he added that as it 

 had been the opinion of naturalists in all ages 

 that no bitd pogijiemes an epiglottis, the structure 

 ^Uck M had tawigM unde* tii« notfofe of the 

 Society appeared to him highly interesting". So 

 fixed was the oj)inion to wliich he had adverted, 

 that \^ hen Warren showed the existence in the 

 ostrich (^Strutlm Canielm, Linn.) of a structure 

 ^tklt^ he T^-drded ^ ^ ik^ d^nomi^ 



nation was generally ie|eet!ad, ^ven in this ano- 

 malous bird, and tlie part was considered as a 

 mere ele^';ltion at the ba<r of the tongue, a rndi- 

 ment, but without the function, of the organ. 

 In the Albatr06»» hommtst^ the fanction is that 



