. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories. Birds; Birds. 218 AMERICAN RING being 5 twelfths, at the distance of 1 inch 4 twelfths; the proventriculus, b c, 4 twelfths in breadth, its glan- dules forming a belt 6 twelfths in breadth. The stomach, c d e, is ra- ther large, roundish, compressed, 9 twelfths in length, 10 twelfths in breadth; the lateral muscles 5 twelfths in thickness; the epithelium remark- ably dense, thick, with two broad granulated ridges on each side, form- ing grinding surfaces. The intestine, e f g h, is rather short, an
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories. Birds; Birds. 218 AMERICAN RING being 5 twelfths, at the distance of 1 inch 4 twelfths; the proventriculus, b c, 4 twelfths in breadth, its glan- dules forming a belt 6 twelfths in breadth. The stomach, c d e, is ra- ther large, roundish, compressed, 9 twelfths in length, 10 twelfths in breadth; the lateral muscles 5 twelfths in thickness; the epithelium remark- ably dense, thick, with two broad granulated ridges on each side, form- ing grinding surfaces. The intestine, e f g h, is rather short, and wider than in the other species; its length 9j inches, its width at the upper part 4 twelfths, diminishing to 2 twelfths. Coeca 1 inch 4 twelfths long, cylin- drical, 1 twelfth in width; their dis- tance from the extremity 1^ inches. Trachea 2i inches long, flattened, from 2 twelfths to 1 twelfth in breadth; its rings about 90, cartilagi- nous. Bronchial half rings about 15. Lateral and sterno-tracheal muscles strong; a single pair of inferior la- ryngeal muscles. Adult male. AMERICAN RING PLOVER. ~f Charadrius semipalmatus, Bonap. PLATE CCCXX.—Male and Young. I have had great pleasure in observing the migrations of this species, par- ticularly in early spring, when great numbers enter the southern portions of the United States, on their way northward, where it is now well known to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Audubon, John James, 1785-1851; Bowen, John T. , ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer. New York : Published by J. J. Audubon ; Philadelphia : J. B. Chevalier
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