Pelecaninas in having no
pyloric lobe. The duode-
num also, d ef, does not at
first pass forward, but di-
rectly curves round the sto-
mach, returning at the dis-
tance of 2 inches, and the
intestine, d efg h i, is con-
voluted with 9 folds. It is
36 inches long, 5 twelfths
wide in the duodenal por-
tion, contracts to 3 twelfths;
the coeca are two small
knobs 2 twelfths long, 1^
twelfths in breadth; the
rectum 3 inches long, for 1
inch 8 twelfths its width is
3^ twelfths, the remaining
part forming a globular
cloaca 1^ inches in diame-
ter.
The trachea is S^ inches long, its width at the com- mencement A twelfths, presently after 4 twelfths, contracting to 3|- twelfths. It is a little flattened: the rings 112, cartilaginous. The inferior larynx is great- ly expanded antero-poste- riorly, and the first dimi- diate ring is 5 twelfths in extent, with a somewhat smaller ring beyond it. The lateral muscles are very slender; the sterno-tracheal, which passes off at the dis tance of inch from the bifurcation, is strong; there is a slender slip on each
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