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NUMBER OP PAUSES PER INDIVIDUAL 



In Table IV is shown the number of pauses above two days in length 

 per individual, for each of the three years. The data for each of the 

 three years are divided into three groups, determined by the time at 

 which egg production began. The chief points of interest are: (i) the 

 large percentage of records without a pause even when production begins 

 before January, (2) the progressive diminution in number of individuals 

 as the number of pauses rises, and (3) the agreement with expectation — 

 viz, that those birds that begin to lay early should have more pauses 

 than those beginning to lay later in the season. 



Table IV. — Number of pauses per individual {disregarding I- and 2-day pauses), arranged 

 in three periods, according to the time egg production began (>■ 



o A few records in which production began very early in the fall liave been omitted. 



In Table V the number of instances of different lengths of pauses is 

 shown. 



