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Jeffries on an Hermaphrodite Bird. 
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The supra-rerial bodies (2, Fig. 1) were of fair size for an adult 
bird, and were wedged in between the heads of the kidneys and 
the aorta. 
The ovary (6, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) was entirely normal in position 
and appearance, and presented the usual resemblance to a bunch 
of grapes. It measured about .35 by .24 of an inch, the ova 
varying from .07 of an inch down. In all there were about forty 
ova easily visible to the eye. These, as shown by the microscope, 
were perfectly normal, and were fully as large as the ova of 
females of the species shot at' the same time. The ovary was 
hung from the body, directly below the head of the left kidney, 
by the usual peritoneal foulds, and also separated by a median 
fould, the mesentery, from the right side. 
The oviduct, normal in appearance and position, was but 
slightly convolute and not dilated. So sexual action had not fully 
commenced. 
No vas deferens was to be found on the left side. 
The testicle (3, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3), much shrunken on account 
of its maceration and sudden plunge into alcohol, was the least 
preserved part of the whole body. It was in its usual position 
on the right side, and was perfectly distinct from either the kid- 
ney or suprarenal body. Through the outer tunic a few con- 
volutions could be seen. 
The vas deferens extended from the testicle back in front of the 
right kidney and outside the pelves to the middle part of the right 
ureter. Here it crossed and became internal, but recrossed and 
again became external before reaching the cloaca. Near the kid- 
ney it was good sized, but shortly tapered down to a thread in 
very close, connection with the wall of the ureter. The vas def- 
erens was perfectly normal in structure for a bird before rut, but 
abnormal in relation to the right ureter. 
There was no trace of an oviduct on the right side. 
Since almost all the cases of reported lateral hermaphroditism 
have been, at one time or another, explained away as abnormal 
growths, or remains of the Wolffian bodies, I deemed it best to 
subject the testicle to a microscopic examination. The tunica 
albuginea, though by no means thick, was quite strong and com- 
posed of connective tissue. From its inner surface hung a few 
small threads, probably vessels and trabeculae. The tunic was 
pierced at the, vertebral surface by the vas deferens, vessels and 
