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May 28— No. 26— 1.06x.84. Weight— 110 grains Av. 



May 29— No. 27— 1.08x.87. Weight— 120 grains Av. 



May 30— No. 28— 1.03x.85. Weight— 110 grains Av. 



May 31— No. 29— 1.07x.85. Weight— 115 grains Av. 



June 1— No. 30— 1.06x.85. Weight— 113 grains Av. 



June 2— No. 31— 1.03x.83. Weight— 103 grains Av. 



June 3— No. 32— 1.08x.86. Weight— 118 grains Av. 



June 4— No. 33— 1.07x.85. Weight— 116 grains Av. 



June 5— No. 34— 1.09x.86. Weight— 120 grains Av. 



June 6— No. 35— 1.09x.86. Weight— 118 grains Av. 



June 7— No. 36— 1.06x.85. Weight— 116 grains Av. 



June 8— No. 37— 1.06x.84. Weight— 114 grains Av. 



June 9— No. 38— 1.09x.85. Weight— 114 grains Av. 



June 10— No. 39— 1.05x.82. Weight— 104 grains Av. 



Summary: — 



Number of eggs laid — 39. 



Number of days laying — 39. 



Lightest egg — 104 grains. 



Heaviest egg — 120 grains. 



Average v^reight of 21 eggs — 113 grains. 



Total average weight of 39 eggs — lOVio ounces av. 



It will be noted that, with the exception of the last egg 

 laid (and it no doubt lost some weight through incubatio'n), 

 the eggs averaged a slight increase in size and weight dur- 

 ing the latter part of the time the eggs were laid, rather than 

 a decrease, as would naturally be expected. However, the 

 uniformity in size is rather remarkable, varying in the long 

 diameter between 1.02 and 1.09, and in the short diameter, 

 between .81 and .87. 



Wishing to ascertain how near we came to " breaking the 

 record." a letter from Frank L. Burns of Berwyn, Pa., who 

 is probably the greatest living authority on the Flicker, gave 

 us the information in regard to sets of the same size, or 

 larger, as follows : — 



Vermont — 39 eggs and young (15+8+8 eggs +8 young) 

 — Oologist, Utica, N. Y., Vol. I, pp. 56. 



Texas' — 40 eggs in 40 days, no nest egg — Scheer, Oologist, 

 Vol. XI, pp. 55. 



North Carolina — 48 eggs in 65 days, no nest egg — Arm- 

 strona: Miss. 



