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Show 8 7 2 MR. W. WOODLAND ON THE [Nov. 27, one ; but I have not met with any instance, other than C. calceus, in which the ductus choledochus is correspondingly elongated in this striking manner. Normally of course, i. e. in Scyllium, Carcharias, Squatina, Galeus, etc., the bile-duct enters the large intestine just belowr the globular bursa Entiana (although here there is considerable variation) at about the level of the anterior Text-fig. 134. Centrophorus calceus. Transverse section across bile-duct (I -J of PL L V I I. fig. 3). Letters as in text-fig. 133. extremity of the cardiac portion of the stomach; and when the globular bursa Entiana is replaced by a small-intestine-like duodenum, as in Lcemargus borealis, L. rostratus, and Spinax niger, the bile-duct enters at the loop which this forms anteriorly, i. e. as near the liver as possible, and does not extend posteriorly to the cardiac |
