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Show 1 4 6 ON THE " BREPHOS" IN A SKINK. [J u n e 7, in the organs neighbouring upon the two young ones ; and o lie 's thereby tempted to speculate as to how far this-as would oe supposed by most-abnormal state of affairs is really abnorma . Such cases of extra oviducal fcetation may be in part responsib e Text-fig. 25. Dissection of Chalcides lineatus. A , brephos; L ., lung; L i ., liver ; St,, stomach ; Od., oviduct. for some of the legends concerning the swallowing of their young by various reptiles for protection's sake. In the present instance, for example, as may be seen from the drawing exhibited, an unskilled observer opening the body of the parent and seeing the |
