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lateral muscles very strong, the left 9 twelfths thick, the right 1 inch ; the 
lower muscle very prominent ; the tendons large and strong ; the epithelium 
very thick, with broad longitudinal rugas. The proventricular glands are 
oblong, forming a belt 9 twelfths in breadth. The contents of the stomach 
are remains of Crustacea. The intestine, / g h i j k, which is 39§ inches 
long, 5 twelfths in width in the duodenal portion, f g h, 3 twelfths toward 
the middle, curves in the usual manner at the distance of 31 inches, passes 
forward as far as the proventriculus, then turns backward to near the cloaca 
along the right side, again forward, backward, forward, backward, and lastly 
forward to above the tip of the heart, where it ends in the rectum, and 
sends off the coeca ; the rectum is 5 twelfths long, opening by a very small 
aperture into a globular cloaca, j lc, 1 inch in diameter. The coeca, l m, 
which come off at the distance of 3 inches from the extremity, are 4 inches 
long, li twelfths in width for li inches, then from 1 twelfth to 3 twelfths, 
being enlarged and contracted at intervals, the tip for i inch only f twelfth 
in width. The lobes of the liver are very unequal ; the left lies beneath the 
proventriculus and the anterior part of the gizzard, under the lower edge of 
which it sends a long thin process ; the right lobe is very much larger, nar- 
row, and passes under the whole length of the stomach. 
Trachea 6 inches 2 twelfths long, a little flattened, from 3s twelfths to 2\ 
twelfths in breadth ; its rings firm, 120 in number, with 2 dimidiate rings. 
Bronchi rather wide, of 18 half rings. Lateral muscles strong ; a single pair 
of inferior laryngeal muscles going to the last half ring.. 
Dimensions of two male individuals killed on the 26th of April, 1837, at 
Galveston. 
Length to end of tail 20i, 20f inches, to end of wings the same ; to end 
of claws 24, 29i; extent of wings 363, 384 ; weight 1 lb. 1 oz., 1 lb. 9 oz. 
Vol. VI. 
