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Show 1892.] MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE INDIAN DARTER. 293 The same drawing also illustrates the arrangement of the pancreatic ducts, to which neither Garrod nor Forbes make any allusion in either species. There were two minute caeca in m y specimen. The stomach agrees perfectly well with Mr. Forbes's description of that organ. Some of the membranes surrounding the stomach have Fig. 1. A. Lower mandible of Indian Darter, to illustrate rudimentary tongue (t); B. Rudimentary tongue in profile. rather a peculiar arrangement. The liver lies near to the posterior end of the thoracic cavity, and a considerable space is thus left between its anterior border and the apex of the heart. This is a very unusual state of affairs. As a general rule the front end of the liver is nearly in contact with the heart. Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity of observing how matters stand with Phalacro-corax, Pelecanus, and Sula. This space which divides the liver from the heart is of course bounded laterally by the oblique septa, and behind by a membrane shutting off this space from the liver. It |
