Drawings of frontal sections through the telencephalon of (a) a rat and (b) a pigeon, with details of the similar connections patterns within (a) the laminated cortex of rats and (b) the laminated Wulst of pigeons. Adapted from Medina & Reiner (2000). Abbreviations: ac, anterior commissure; ACC, nucleus accumbens; cc, corpus callosum; Cl, claustrum; DB, diagonal band of Broca; EN, endopiriform region; HA, hyperpallium apicale; HD, hyperpallium densocellulare; HP, hippocampal complex; IHA, interstitial nucleus of the hyperpallium intercalatum; LC, lateral cortex; lv, lateral ventricle; M, mesopallium; N, 66 nidopallium; NC, neocortex; OB, olfactory bulb; S, septum; STR, striatum; TU, olfactory tubercle.