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Show 352 DR. J. MURIE ON THE [May 26 remark regarding the organs in question in Ruminantia, when he says:-" It is far from improbable that they are both the one and the other-prostate and vesiculae at once." The terminal enlargement of the vasa deferentia in the Prongbuck may correspond to what Leuckart figures as the Weberian organ, or uterus masculinus, in the Deer; and I ought further to observe that I did not detect that differentiation of the said organ from the vasa differentia which obtains in some he-Goats. The membranous portion of the urethra, 2\ inches long, tapers at either end, but throughout is broadisb, flattened, and possesses a deep longitudinal furrow below. The compressor urethras muscle (cu) is of great thickness, and its transverse fibres constitute a continuous arch, tucked into the under groove, from the neck of the bladder to the urethral bulb. Urino-generative organs of male Antilocapra. A. Reduced side-view of urinary bladder and urethral canal, u. Ureters, cut short. V. cl. Vas deferens. Pr. Prostate gland. Cu. Compressor urethra-; penis cut short, portion of the retractor muscle, B.p, being left. B. c. Bulbo-cavernosus, and I. c. Ischio-cavernosus muscles. B. Distal end of penis, about natural size. p. Preputium. m.u. Meatus urinarius. B.p.* Insertion of retractor penis. Cowper's glands appear to be absent; at least I could find no such enlarged prominent bodies as are found in the Chamois, Goat, and some other ruminants. The Prongbuck thus agrees with the Deer, where these glands are wanting. The place of these Cowperian bodies may, however, be supplied by a bilinear, long patch of minute |