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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK 



of the notochord remains attached to the entoderm for a consid- 

 erable period after the formation of the head-fold. A longitudinal 

 section shows the head-process as an appendage to the anterior 

 end of the primitive streak, or the primitive knot (Fig. 42). 



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Fig. 43. — Diagrams to illustrate the theory of concrescence as applied to 

 the primitive streak of the bird. The central area bounded by the broken 

 line represents the pellucid area; external to this is the area opaca, showing 

 as concentric zones the germ-wall (G. W.), the zone of junction (Z. J.), 

 and the margin of overgrowth (M. O.). m. n., Marginal notch. For de- 

 scription see text. 



The most obvious interpretation of the head-process is as 

 an outgrowth from the primitive knot. But another, and more 

 proba])le interpretation in view of all the facts, is that the head- 

 process is a later stage of the anterior end of the primitive streak; 



