344* Mr. Home on the Structure of the Stomachs 
will be sufficient. They are all made by Mr. Clift, whose 
knowledge of anatomy has enabled him to delineate the 
different parts with a degree of correctness, which could not 
have been otherwise attained. As I so often avail myself of 
his talents, I am desirous of acknowledging on all occasions 
the benefit I derive from them. In procuring and examining 
the different stomachs, I have received material assistance 
from Mr. Brodie. 
No. I. The Turkey. 
Immediately below the crop the oesophagus of the turkey 
is lined with a cuticle, and when narrowly observed a great 
many small orifices leading to glands belonging to that canal 
are very distinctly seen. This cuticular lining terminates in 
a line across the oesophagus, immediately above the solvent 
glands, or as they have been hitherto termed, the glands that 
secrete the gastric juice. The surface on which their ducts 
open is not cuticular, but membraneous ; their orifices are 
placed in six rows across the canal. Each of them has a pro- 
minent or nipple-like appearance, and they are nearly at equal 
distances from each other. Immediately below the solvent 
glands is the entrance into the gizzard, composed of longi- 
tudinal ridges, covered with the same kind of horny cuticle 
which lines the sides of the gizzard itself. 
At the lower orifice of the gizzard, just before the duo- 
denum begins, there is a surface of about half an inch in 
extent, which has a delicate structure, composed of very 
minute parts ; these are not distinct to the naked eye, but 
when magnified by a lens whose focus is 1 ^ inch, they appear 
to be granules, separated by interstices from each other. This 
