. Outlines of zoology. Zoology. FlG. 269A.—Male urogeni- tal organs of pigeon. T., testes; V., base of inferior cloaca. vena cava; , suprarenal bodies; K., kidneys with three Fig. 269.—Female urogenital organs of pigeon. K., Kidney with three lobes; w., ureter; c/., cloaca; 071., ovary; od., oviduct; , funnel at end of oviduct; , rudimentary right oviduct. wards; the sexual period in birds being much more narrowly limited than in most other Vertebrates. The spermatozoa pass from the testis into a vas deferens, which lies to the outside of the corresponding ureter. The vasa defer
. Outlines of zoology. Zoology. FlG. 269A.—Male urogeni- tal organs of pigeon. T., testes; V., base of inferior cloaca. vena cava; , suprarenal bodies; K., kidneys with three Fig. 269.—Female urogenital organs of pigeon. K., Kidney with three lobes; w., ureter; c/., cloaca; 071., ovary; od., oviduct; , funnel at end of oviduct; , rudimentary right oviduct. wards; the sexual period in birds being much more narrowly limited than in most other Vertebrates. The spermatozoa pass from the testis into a vas deferens, which lies to the outside of the corresponding ureter. The vasa deferentia, slightly convoluted when full of sperms, and with a posterior swelling or sem- inal vesicle, open separately into the median compartment of the In the adult pigeon, and in most las'def^r-C'"^! birds>there is online ovary; that vesicle; ci., cloaca. of the right side usually atrophies. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933. Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, H. Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton
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