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Show 1888.] ANATOMY OF BAL ENICEPS REX. 287 organ is represented in the accompanying drawings (woodcuts, figs. 1, 2, 3, 1), which illustrate its different aspects. Fig. 3. Syrinx of Balceniceps rex. Lateral view, m, ligamentous rudiment of intrinsic syringeal muscle. IliiPlli. .IF^ L Syrinx of Balceniceps rex. The two bronchi are bent upwards backwards to display tbe pessulus and m e m b r a n a tympaniformis. b, as in fig. 1. Before studying the syrinx itself it is interesting to note that the membrane termed by Garrod the bronchidesmus, which binds together the two bronchi, is incomplete above, as shown in figs. 1, 2, 4. This |
