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a little bent like an S, the different regions not being. distinctiy 
marked out, and the muscles being only feebly developed. The 
tubar part with the ostium is situated on the anterior part of the left 
kidney, as is the case in the female. Of the suspensory ligament of 
the oviduct the dorsal part is rather narrow, with feebly developed 
muscular elements and small blood-vessels; also the ventral part, 
reaching from the posterior end of the ostium to past the middle of 
the oviduct, is narrow but somewhat thickened. As in the female a 
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Fiij. 1. 1. Urogenital organs of si)ecimen A. i inlestine; li liganient attaching the 
oviduct to one of the hindmost ribs; od oviduct; te testicle; u nrinary duel; vd 
seininal duet. — II. Ostium of oviduct, od in I, lurned over from right to left side 
to show the funnel; enlarged ; vm ventral part of suspensory ligament of oviduct. 
narrow but strong ligament, Crossing the ventral face of the cepha- 
lic part of the kidney, fastens the anterior end of the ostium to 
one of the hindmost ribs. The ostium is rather small, the length 
between the front and hind ends of its funnel ca. 5 mm. Towards 
the cloaca the oviduct appears to be closed; at any rate I have 
not been able to detect any oviduct opening in the urogenital 
chamber (in young hens, however, the cloacal end of the oviduct 
is said often to be found normally closed; cfr. Gasser (1874, p. 54) 
who States this to be the case in “chickens” half a year old). No 
traces of ovaries nor of any right oviduct are found. 
