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Funnel mouth 



Fig. 3. Like Fig. 2, but showing the relations of the viscera in a 

 plane just caudal to the ovary and through the mouth of the funnel of 

 the oviduct. 



r\nr^^l_ hoJy wall 



Meseviiery 

 Intestim 



leH Goecuw 





Fig. 4. Diagram of a portion of a longitudinal section through the left 

 side of the body of a hen. The plane of section is slightly mediad of 

 the funnel mouth. 



Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 are diagrams representing the relation 

 of the ovary tO' the air sac, the intestine, the left coecum and 

 the mesentery, and to the mouth of the funnel. Figure 2 rep- 

 resents a cross section near the anterior end of the sac. It 

 shows the ovary lying dorsal to the sac which is attached to 



