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mufl be Elongations of the Qrura Penis ; but I tliink, 
they are oF much too looie a Contexture to ferve that 
purpofe. Whether the dividing into two Bran- 
ches to go into the Kidneys, and uniting again when it 
comes our, is fingular to this Bird, or is in common 
with Geefe and other Water-Fowl, I don’t yet know ; 
but fo it was in the Oflrich. I will Tuppofe it to be in 
common, till lhave examin’d further,fince I know,thatthe 
Qcecums of the OBrich, which are fo much taken notice 
of, are no more than what it has in common with other 
Fowls ; and that a Chicken has two, as large, and as 
long in proportion as the Oilrich : But after all, I muB 
fay, 1 had too little time allow’d me by the MaBer of 
the OBrich, and the OBrich had too much Fat for me 
to make a more accurate DiBedtion. Now I have men- 
tioned the Fat, I muB tell you, the Omentum upon the 
Stomachs and Guts was fix Inches thick at the Top, 
and decreaBng gradually, was near two Inches thick 
at the Vent, and was divided into two Parts in the Mid- 
dle from the Top to the Bottom. What I found, that I 
was fure was in common with other Fowls, I have not ta- 
ken much notice of, unlefs reprefented by others diBer- 
ently from what I found, or fo as if peculiar to this Bird. 
I forgot to take notice, that the Bafis of the Os Hyoides 
is of this Figure ^ and the round Part at the Top 
is lodg’d in a proper Cavity in the top of the Tongue. 
Partly under the Bafis of the Os Hyoides^ lies a Cartilage in 
theFront and very beginning of theAfperaArteria, which . 
is not unlike the Thyrdides ; but other Cartilages in that 
Part it has none, but what forms the Rtmula. The BrB 28 
Cartilages of the Ajpera Arteria are not annular, the reB 
fbeing about ^^6 ' are entirely annular ; but as foon as 
it divaricates to go into the Lungs, they are not fo again. 
Qnmi>ridge^ - t, .r> ttt 
0^?. 17,1725. I ofc. G. Wakren. 
