36 Fertilization and Early Development of Pigeon's Egg 



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EXPLANATION OP PLATES. 

 Plate I. 



Fig. 1. Ovarian egg 1.4 mm. in diameter, showing nucleus. X 120. 



Pigs, la and b. Nuclei of ovarian eggs about 1 mm. in diameter, x 312. 



Fig. 2a. Nucleus of ovarian egg 4 mm. in diameter, x 120. 



Fig. 2b. Horizontal section through germinal disc of ovarian egg, 1/2 inch 

 in diameter, showing nucleus; a, group of chromosomes; &, chromatin network. 

 X 120. 



Fig. 3. Nucleus of an ovarian egg % of an inch in diameter, x 120. 



Pig. 4a. Vertical section through germinal disc and nucleus of ovarian egg, 

 % of an inch in diameter. X 50. 



Pig. 4b. Nucleus of same, enlarged; a, group of chromosomes; 6, group of 

 nucleoli; c, refractive substance; d, wall of nucleus; e, follicular envelope of 

 egg, outer layers of capsular wall not shown. Combination of two sections. 

 X 385. 



Fig. 5. Vertical section through disc of mature ovarian egg, taken from 

 ovary after laying of first egg. Time, 7.30 P.M.; a, spindle; B, perivitelline 

 layer; c, layer of substance free from deutoplasmic granules. X 200. 



y ~ "Plate II. 



Pig. 6. Surface appearance ot^erminal disc about time of fertilization; a, 

 'inner area; 6, outer zone; c, fovea, x I*'- 



Pig. 6a. Horizontal section of germinal disc of egg loosed from ovary and 

 not yet entered oviduct. Time, 9.00 P.M.; a, egg nucleus; 6, sperm nuclei; 

 c, polar ring, x 125. 



Pig. 6b. Same enlarged, showing zone in which the sperm nuclei lie. 

 X 1000. 



F^s. 7a-h. Stages in transformation of entering sperms, x 2000. 

 '^IG. 7i. Inwandering follicular cell. X 2000. 



Pig. 8. Vertical section through disc showing second polar spindle, polar 

 body and surroundings. Combination of two sections. Position in upper end 

 of oviduct. Time, 7.45 P. M. X 200. 



Pig. 9. Vertical section, showing second polar spindle, polar body and 

 surroundings. Time, 10.15 P. M. x 333. 



