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sexes.) But such was not the case. Although possessing de- 

 cided features of both sexes the skull resembles, far more, one of 

 a male of the same age. 



The other specimen found in 1918 was very much less in- 

 teresting. It was secured on Lukanin field. Sr. Paul Island. The 

 organs were brought to me after the killing was over in a some- 

 what mutilated condition but the relations seemed to be about as 

 follows : 



There was a pair of testes, apparently in the usual position 

 of ovaries. The spermatic cords united above the neck of the 

 bladder and seemed to discharge through a large blind glandular- 

 walled pouch. This latter was taken to be a pathological vagina 

 and was all that remained of the female system. The bladder 

 was normal in size and the urethra passed straight backward 

 from it as in the female. A rudimentary penis two centimeters 

 long with a minute bone projected posteriorly beneath the anus 

 and the opening of what was taken to be the vagina. The 

 urethra discharged through this penis. This animal was prob- 

 ably a two year old. but its skull was Dot preserved and the ex- 



.\n old nati\e sealer on. e to d me lh.it li- had seen a half male 

 and half female seal about five or six years old. It was as large 

 as a male of that aire hul liad tlie beautiful soft pelage of the 

 female oi- the young male. In this coniuM'tion it is worth while to 



pups, say two year olds. If sueeessful it is i)robable that they 



tain the very valuable fur of undeveloped males or of females. 

 As tlu> males aiv when full gi-own four to six times as large as 

 the females, the peltx .hould be proportionately increa.sed in 



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