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The first of the hermaphroditic animals to be described was 

 found at the Northeast Point hauling grounds of St. Paul Island 

 on August 6, 1918. It was four years old and thought to be a 

 male by the external characters of the head. It was not dis- 

 covered to be bisexual until skinning had started and the mam- 

 mary glands were found fairly well developed and containing 

 a small amount of miik. This is one of the first characters to be 

 noted when a female has been killed. As the native skinner 

 thought this had happened, my attention was immediately called 

 to the matter. Two or three dozen females are unavoidably 

 secured when large killings are made in the manner followed in 

 1918 and it was thought that this was one of these unfortunate 

 accidents. But when the penis opening on the abdomen was 

 seen in the usual place is was known that a freak had been 

 found and its organs and skull were preserved. 



The right ovary was found to be smaller than normal and pear- 

 shaped instead of flatly oval and it was entirely divested of the 

 usual covering membrane. Its fallopian tube was thicker and 

 fleshier tlian usual. But the left ovary was much larger than 

 norniJil and the membrane was firmly attached all over its sur- 

 face by adhesions. Both horns of the uterus were normal in 

 shape but smaller than usual in a four year old female. The 

 walls of the vagina leading backward from the uterus were 

 extn'meiy lieavy and firm. The opciiuio' irivw smalhM- aiul 

 smaller posteriorly until it reached llif pmnt of jun.-tiou of tlie 

 vagina walls and the penis. Then it followed the latter orj-an 

 forward on the ventral side as a small duct. The opening to the 

 exterior was near the distal end of the penis. 



There were no testes; rudiments even could not be found. 

 But the penis was well developed and in the normal position. 

 The OS penis was only about one fourth as large as would be 

 found in a male of equal age. The cartilaginous continuation 

 of this bone and the continuation of the walls of the vagina 

 were one and the same. 



The urinary system was normally developed, the bladder being 

 attached to the vagina. The urethra followed the penis forward 

 on the side opposite from the duct of the vagina. The muscles 



