I 7 8 



OTTO GLASER. 



Even a casual glance shows that this organ is markedly 

 abnormal. Most striking of all is the presence of many medium- 

 sized follicles which, instead of being held to the main mass of 

 the ovary by relatively short, stout necks of tissue, are attached 



FIG. i. Abnormal ovary of hen that laid double-yolked eggs. Description 



in text, p. 178. 



by suspensoria more or less twisted and at times over 3.5 cm. in 

 length. Originally these appendages formed a complicated snarl. 

 To facilitate both drawing and description they were carefully 

 dissected apart as in the figure. 



Four other features, some of them equally striking, are worthy 

 of note. First are the compound follicles, a and b; second, 

 apparently budding follicles at c, d, and e; third, apparently 

 branching suspensoria, /, g, and h; and finally a considerable 

 number of fine threads running at various angles from one 

 suspensorium, follicle, or portion of the central mass, to another. 



The origin of these various structures can be inferred with 

 reasonable certainty in most cases. As far as the nature of the 

 suspensoria is concerned, I think there can be little doubt, 



