488 



ON INCREASE IN SIZE 



[PT. Ill 



Table 64. Gestation time and incubation time (cont.). 



Species 

 Condor {Sarcorhamphus gryphns) ... 

 Buzzard {Buteo vulgaris) 

 Turkey 



Hen 



Duck 



Pigeon 



Rhea {Rhea americana) 

 Buzzard {Buteo buteo) 

 Kestrel {Cerchneis tinnunculus) 

 Pheasant {Phasianus colchicus) 

 Nightingale {Turdus philomelos) 

 Yellow-hammer {Emberiza citrinella sylvestris) 

 Chaffinch {Fringilla coelebs) 

 Goldfinch {Acanthis cannabina) 

 Robin {Erithracus rubecula) 

 Hedge-sparrow {Prunella modularis) 

 Lesser whitethroat {Sylvia curruca) 

 Sedge-warbler {Acrocephalus phragmitis) ... 

 Golden vulture {Gypaetus barbatus) 

 Common pigeon: ist egg of the clutch ... 

 „ ,, and egg of the clutch... 



Birds (cont.) 



Incubation time 

 54 days 



31 



26-29 „ 



19-24 „ 



29-32 „ 



17-20 „ 



Marine turtle {Thalassochelys corticata) 



Python {Python molurus) 



Loggerhead turtle {Caretta caretta) 



Green turtle 



Loggerhead turtle {Caretta caretta) 



European tortoise {Emys europaea) 



Tuatara {Sphenodon) 



Crocodile ... 



Alligator 



Python {Python reticulatus) 



Python {Python molurus) 



Black snake 



Fox snake ... 



Corn snake 



Yellow rat snake ... 



Ring snake 



Milk snake ... 



King snake 



Coral snake 



Dogfish {Scyllium catulus) ... 



,, {Scyllium canicula) 

 Ray {Raia batis) 

 Herring 



Sturgeon {Acipenser stellatus) 

 Plaice 

 Flounder 

 Trout {Salmo fario) 



American flounder {Pseudopleuronectes 



americanus) 

 Japanese salmonoid {Plecoglossus altivelis) 

 Pike 



Reptiles 



29 

 30 

 28-5 „ 



25 



13-5 » 

 12-5 „ 

 13 

 II 



14 



12 



II-5 » 



12-5 „ 

 53 



16-42 „ 



16-89 » 



47 days 



2i months 

 64 days 



8^ weeks 



8i „ 

 20-44 „ 

 52 



12 

 8i „ 

 6-8 „ 



10 „ 

 8* „ 



74-8i „ 

 6-8 „ 



11 „ 

 6 „ 

 8 „ 



6-8 „ 



Fishes 



157-178 days (av. 1 69) Bolau 

 .. 234-280 ,, (av. 261) 



Investigator 

 Broderip 

 Anonymous 

 Vignes 



Rozanov 



Groebbels & Mobert 



Schumann 



Cole & Kirkpatrick 



Tomita 

 Cunningham 

 Hildebrand & Hatsel 

 Bergtold 



Dendy 

 Bergtold 



Detmers 

 Bergtold 



9-10 months 

 12 

 44-80 hours 

 6-15 months 



3-7 

 205 days (2°) 



82 „ (5°) 

 41 „ (10°) 



26 „ 

 10-25 days 

 9 



Beard 

 Hoflfmann 

 Derjavin 

 Dannevig 



Haempel 



Scott 



Nakai 



Kvasnikov 



