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MR. T. H. BURLEND ON THE UROGENITAL 



[Mar. 1, 



the kidney in the adult female not extending relatively so far 

 forward in the abdominal cavity as it does in the young animal. 



Text-fig. 52. 



oes. 

 m.d.o. 



Urogenital organs of young female Chimeera. Ventral view (X 1). 



ab.p., left abdominal pore; an., anus ; m.d.,\e(t oviduct; m.d.o., common coelomic 

 opening of oviducts ; m.s., paired portion of kidney ; m.t., unpaired portion of 

 kidney ; oes., gullet ; ov., left ovary ; pel., left pelvic hn ; v., cut rectum ; 

 ur.gen. op., opening of urogenital sinus. 



As in the young male and the adult female the entire kidney 

 of the young female (except perhaps the extreme front end) is 

 excretory. 



