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Show 1886.] POINTS IN THE ANATOMY OF CAPRIMULGIDAE. 149 chial semiring, which differs from the two preceding in being more slender; the two first bronchial semirings are stout and closely applied. The terminal ring of the trachea is pointed downwards anteriorly, as shown in the figure; posteriorly it is incomplete ; the penultimate, antepenultimate, and the next tracheal rings are Fig. 1. Syrinx of Nyctidromus albicollis. Fig. 2. Syi'inx of Mgotheles novce-hoUandia. separate anteriorly, but posteriorly are fused for a short space in the middle line, and are continuous with the pessulus, which arises anteriorly from the last tracheal ring. Batrachostomus.-I am indebted to the kindness of M r . R. Bowdler |