. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . which however are not very distinct; the middle coat is dense,as in the Cuckoos and Goatsuckers, and the inner is a decidedhorny epithelium, longitudinally plaited. The intestine israther long and of moderate width ; the cceca very small, andthe cloaca oblong or globular. In the Shrikes, Fig. 102, the oesophagus has no decided di-latation ; the
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . which however are not very distinct; the middle coat is dense,as in the Cuckoos and Goatsuckers, and the inner is a decidedhorny epithelium, longitudinally plaited. The intestine israther long and of moderate width ; the cceca very small, andthe cloaca oblong or globular. In the Shrikes, Fig. 102, the oesophagus has no decided di-latation ; the stomach is roundish or elliptical; its muscularcoat rather thin ; its epithelium dense, and rugous ; the intes-tine rather short and of moderate width ; the coeca very small;the cloaca oblong or globular. In the Thrushes, Fig. 103,the parts are similar, but the stomach is more muscular, itsfibres distinguished into lateral and inferior muscles. In theNuthatches, Fig. 104, the stomach is similar to that of the 6 MODIFICATIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Shrikes, and the parts in general do not differ materially fromthose of the Thrushes and Warblers. In the Finches, Buntings, Icteri, and Tanagers, Fig. 105,.
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