1 78 7 Mr. Home on the Structure of the Stomachs 
(PLATE XI.) 
Fig. l. The human stomach inverted, to show its internal 
surface. 
a. The oesophagus with its cuticular covering, and the ori- 
fices of the oesophageal glands, which are most conspicuous 
just above the termination of the cuticular lining. 
b b. The cardiac portion. 
c. The solvent glands. 
d. The contraction, dividing the cardiac from the pyloric 
portion. 
e. The pyloric portion. 
f. The pylorus. 
Fig. 2. A longitudinal section of the vampyre bat’s stomach, 
to shew its internal surface. 
Fig. g. The stomach of the long-eared bat inverted, to show 
its internal surface. 
(PLATE XII.) 
Fig. 1. The lynx’s stomach inverted, to show its internal 
surface. 
a. The oesophagus, in which the internal membrane is 
thrown into folds in a transverse direction. 
b b. The cardiac portion. 
c. The solvent glands. 
d. The pyloric portion. 
e. The pylorus. 
f. The duodenum. 
Fig. 2. The external appearance of the stomach of the hawk. 
a. The oesophagus. 
