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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK 



everywhere in the hen's egg. In a section of a germinal disc, 

 showing the accessory cleavage (Fig. 20), it is seen that the 

 peripheral boundary of the marginal cells cuts under the margin 

 for a considerable distance. 



The accessory cleavage becomes manifest at the time of 

 appearance of the first cleavage plane, and increases in amount 



Fig. 17. — Photograph of an eight-celled pigeon ovum 

 (after Mary Blount). 2.45 a.m. Accessory cleavage 

 (ac. cl.) in the marginal zone bounding the segmented 

 area. Vesicles, appearing black in the photograph, 

 are seen on the surface of the yolk beyond the mar- 

 ginal zone of the germinal disc. Orientation as in 

 Fig. 18. 



up to about the 32-celled stage, and thereafter gradually decreases 

 until it completely disappears (Figs. 18 B, C, and D). The 

 peripheral boundaries of the marginal cells disappear pari passu, 

 and, when the accessory cleavage is finally wdped out, the mar- 

 ginal cells are everywhere continuous with the periblast, as in 

 the hen's egg (Figs. 18 B and C). In some eggs the accessory 

 cleavage is much more extensive than in others; indeed, in some 

 it appears to be entirelv absent, but this is relativelv rare. In 

 the stage shown in Fig. 18 B, for instance, there is usually con- 

 siderable accessory cleavage; but in this egg there is none. The 

 variation is obviously due to variations in the number of super- 

 numerary spermatozoa, such as may readily occur. 



