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Still another case of this sort is shown in the record of bird 

 No. 260E, which is shown in Fig. 8. 



This bird was hatched March 31, 1908, and laid her first egg 

 on October 12 at an age of 195 days. In October she laid 13 

 eggs and in November 7 eggs, going broody on November 9. 

 She was thus at the time of her first broodiness 223 days old. 

 The rest period in this case lasted until December 19, when she 

 began laying again. Before August 1, 1909, at which time she 

 was sold, this bird went broody 6 times, as indicated in Fig. 8. 

 She presents a remarkable record for precocious broodiness, 

 preceded by the laying of only a relatively small number of eggs, 

 namely 20. 



Figure 8. Showing the record of bird No. 260-E. 



Still a third case of extremely early and frequent broodiness 

 is found in bird No. 380E. This bird was hatched April 15, 1908. 

 She began laying on September 27 at an age of 165 days. She 

 laid fairly continuously, as indicated by the record, up to Nov- 

 ember 9, when she became broody for the first time. Altogether 

 she produced 29 eggs before November 9. The rest period 

 lasted until January 6, when she began laying again. This 

 bird was only 208 days old at the time of her first broodiness. 

 Like bird No. 260E, she went broody several times in her life; 

 five before August 1, at which time she was sold. This case 

 differs from those already cited chiefly in the fact that the bird 

 was somewhat younger, both when she began to lay and when she 

 first went broody. 



