Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, Teil 2 |
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Acouchy albá albis albo America Centralis anfractibus animal anticè apertura apice appears areis Auct basin bird bone brown brunneo Buff BULINUS canali CANCELLARIA Capromys Capybara cauda caudæ characters Chit CHITON Colonel Sykes colour COLUMBELLA costis Cuming Cuvier described differs dorsali dorso Dredged Dukhun duodenum epidermide exhibited fasciis fathoms female fuscis fusco gall-bladder Genus Ghauts glands hairs Horsf inches inclusive of tail infrà intestines intùs Irides labio externo lævi lateralibus Lath length libus lines Linn Lobos Island longitudinaliter Longitudo corporis male Mammalia margine medio mediocri MUREX nigris nigro oblonga observed pallidè Panamam Paradoxurus peritremate plumage poll postica rectricibus remarkable resembles sandy mud Sexes alike shell species specimen spirá spiraliter Steph stomach striatis subtùs sulcato supernè suprà surface Sykes's Temm Temminck testá testá oblongá transversim ultimo umbilico upper urethra utrinque valvá valvarum intermediarum vertebræ Viverra William Yarrell Zool
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Seite 184 - Pholas from the collection formed by the zealous Hugh Cuming, chiefly on the •western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean, prefaces his descriptions with the following admonition, which...
Seite 137 - Several of their nests were, with considerable labour and difficulty, discovered. No eggs were found in a perfect state, but pieces of a substance resembling egg-shell were picked out of the debris of the nest. In the insides of several female Platypi which were shot, eggs were found of the size of a large musket-ball and downwards, imperfectly formed however, ie without the hard outer shell, which prevented their preservation.
Seite 144 - The domestic fowl is so abundant in the Dukhun, that in parts of the country not much frequented by Europeans, Colonel Sykes has bought from eight to twelve full-grown fowls for two shillings. Many of the hens, particularly in the villages of the Ghauts, are not to be distinguished from the wild bird, excepting only in the want of the cartilaginous spot on the wing coverts.
Seite 37 - Owen found the trachea narrow and simple in its structure, the rings somewhat flattened, and decreasing in diameter towards the inferior extremity, from which a single pair of muscles passes off to the sternum. The length of the lower fourth of the tube, and the state of tension in the bronchia are regulated by a pair of small muscles, which, arising from the sides of the...
Seite 134 - Beyond this pouch the oesophagus again contracts to about 4 lines in diameter, and so continues for 3¿ inches, when it terminates in the proventriculus. This glandular cavity was 1 inch 8 lines in length and 5 lines in diameter ; the gastric follicles were broad, short, and simple, and were arranged in two long oval groups blending together at the edges. The proventriculus terminates in a small but strong gizzard of a flattened spheroidal form, measuring 1 inch 5 Hues in length and the same in breadth...
Seite 52 - Styliferi appeared to be in the best health. Though there is reason to believe that they feed upon the juices of the Starfish, with that instinct of self-preservation imparted to all parasites, whose existence depends upon that of their nidus, the Stylifer, like the Ichneumon among insects, appears to avoid the vital parts ; for in no instance did Mr.
Seite 37 - It is difficult to state the precise number of the caudal vertebras, in consequence of the terminal ones being anchylosed, requiring for this purpose the examination of a young specimen at a period before the anchylosis takes place. In the skeleton of a Black-billed Toucan which I have examined, it would appear that three vertebra are thus anchylosed, making the entire number of coccygeal vertebrae nine.
Seite 36 - Ariel, the ovary of a triangular shape, and apparently healthy. The ova were like minute granules, and disposed in a convoluted manner. The suprarenal glands were imbedded in the posterior part of the ovary. The oviduct, of the size of a crow-quill, commenced by the usual fimbriated and wide aperture, was slightly tortuous at the commencement, and then continued straight to the cloaca. Osseous and Muscular Systems. — Certain parts of this system bear upon peculiar functions performed by the Toucans,...
Seite 140 - No such structure was however detected on a living individual in the Society's Menagerie. In the Leopard, therefore, as in the Lion, it appears to be only occasionally present. In both it is seated at the extreme tip of the tail, and is altogether unconnected with the terminal caudal vertebra. From the narrowness and shape of its base, the circumference of which is by...
Seite 135 - The substance of the tongue ia not muscular, but is chiefly composed of an abundant yielding cellular substance, with fat of an almost oily consistence. It is supported by a long and thin concave cartilage articulated to the body of the os hyoides by a shallow ginglymoid joint allowing of a free motion. Excepting the straight hyoglossi, the muscles all terminate at the base of the tongue. The tendons of the former muscles run along the under part of the lingual cartilage, and expand to be inserted...