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openings ; but here one only was in connection with the ureter, 

 the other led into a blind pit. 



This imperforate condition of tlie oviducts is probably normal 

 in immature individuals. Professor Stewart has pointed out to 

 me a somewhat similar " hymen" observed by him in a young 

 female Crocodile {Crocodihcs acutus, R. Coll. Surg. Museum, 

 Physiol. Series, 2725 B), in which the mouth of each oviduct is 

 covered by a delicate membrane. 



The cloaca and clitoris closely resemble those of Chelone. The 

 cloaca is 25 cm. long. The clitoris is bluntly conical and free at 

 its extremity. It is situated 15 cm. from the external opening of 

 the cloaca. 



