REPRODUCTION IN THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 2/3 



AUTOPSY. 



The appearance and behavior of this bird led to the suspicion 

 that it represented a case of true hermaphroditism. On August 

 24, 1908, the bird was killed and a post mortem examination 

 made. The weight of the body after bleeding was 2,725 grams. 

 The body cavity contained much fat. The alimentary tract and 

 attached viscera were entirely normal. The following measure- 

 ments were made : 



From gizzard to origin of coeca 167 cm. 



Longest coecum 22 " 



From origin of cceca to cloaca 13 " 



The following weights were taken : 



Gizzard 125 gms. 



Liver 44 " 



Heart 9-5 " 



Spleen 4.5 " 



On the left side of the body was a normal oviduct. There was 

 an ovary in the usual position. It was of about the size of the 

 ovary of a laying hen after the removal of large yolks. It had 

 a coarsely granular appearance and showed many folds. There 

 were no eggs visible and its surface did not have the ragged 

 appearance, due to ruptured follicles, which is characteristic of 

 the ovaries of laying hens. The rest of the urinogenital system 

 was completely covered by fat. The part of the body containing 

 this organ system was hardened in formalin for further dissection. 



GROSS ANATOMY OF REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. 



Dissection confirmed the suspicion of hermaphroditism. On 

 the left side were the female-like reproductive organs described 

 above while on the right side there was a set of organs similar to 

 those of the normal male. The gross anatomy of the reproduc- 

 tive system in this bird is shown in Plate II., Fig. I. 



The female organs were more nearly normal than the male. 

 The ovary, like a normal ovary, was ventral to the craniad lobe 

 of the left kidney, covering, when viewed from the ventral side, 

 all but the caudo-lateral angle of this lobe. It extended past 

 the cranial margin of the kidney in the hermaphrodite nearly to, 

 and in the normal hen with which comparisons were made, 

 slightly beyond the fourth rib. In the hermaphrodite the ovary 



