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The Structure of the Ciliary and Iris Muscles in Birds.

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MAY I be allowed through your columns to direct the attention of physiologists and anatomists to certain special features in ocular accommodation, and in the movements of the iris in birds, and to a peculiarity of the ciliary muscle and sphincter of the pupil, which, so far as I have been able to ascertain, has not been previously described?

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BOND, C. The Structure of the Ciliary and Iris Muscles in Birds.. Nature 90, 71 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090071a0

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