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THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, OR HANG-NEST. 
nares is linear, margined with pointed papillae. The tongue is 6 twelfths 
long, emarginate and papillate at the base, slightly grooved above, horny 
in the greater part of its length, and tapering to a deeply slit point. The 
oesophagus, a b c, is 2 inches 5 twelfths long ; at the upper part its diameter is 
about 4 twelfths ; it passes along the right side of 
the neck, forming an elongated dilatation, of which 
the greatest breadth is 6 twelfths ; and on entering 
the thorax, a b c, contracts to 3 twelfths. The pro- 
ventriculus, c d, is 3s twelfths in breadth. The 
stomach, d e, is an oblong gizzard, 7 twelfths long, 5 
twelfths broad, situated obliquely, its fundus being 
directed toward the right side. The lateral muscles 
are moderately developed ; the epithelium longitudi- 
nally rugous, tough, and of a reddish-brown colour. 
The contents of the stomach are remains of insects. 
The intestine is short and of moderate width, being 
7 i inches long, its diameter in the duodenal portion 
2 h twelfths. The coeca, which come off at the dis- 
tance of 10 twelfths from the extremity, are very 
small, 2 twelfths long, \ twelfth in width. The 
cloaca is globular, and 7 twelfths in diameter. 
The trachea is 1 inch 10 twelfths long, its breadth 
anteriorly 1^ twelfths, at the lower part 1 twelfth. 
The rings, about 70, are well ossified, and consider- 
ably flattened. The inferior larynx has four pairs 
of muscles besides the sterno-tracheal. The bronchi 
have about 12 half rings. 
In another individual the intestine is 7 inches 9 
twelfths long. The contents of the stomach are re- 
mains of insects and particles of quartz. 
The Tulip Tree. 
Liriodendron tulipifera, Willd., Sp. Plant., vol. ii. p. 1254. Pursh, Flora Americ., 
p. 332. Mich., Abr. Forest, de l’Amer. Sept., t. iii. p. 202, pi. 5. — Polyandria 
Polygynia, Linn. — Magnolia, Juss. 
This tree is one of the most beautiful of those indigenous to the United 
States, and attains a height of seventy, eighty, or even a hundred feet. The 
flowers are yellow and bright red, mixed with green, and upwards of three 
