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hens from a large flock with quite a degree of certainty, purely by the 

 shape of the egg. ihe groups of eggs shown in Figs. 8-11 show this point 

 very accurately. The eggs marked (a) were laid by hen No. 56 ; those 

 at (b) by hen No. 148, both White Wyandottes ; those at (c) by hen 

 No. 70; those at (d) by hen No. 75, both Single Comb White Leghorns; 



Fig. 9. FORMS OF EGGS. 



those at (e) were laid by a White Plymouth Rock; those at (f) by a 

 Barred Plymouth Rock. It will be seen that each hen has a type of egg 

 which is peculiarly her own, differing only slightly from day to day, ex- 

 cept in a case of abnormality due to some unusual condition. The eggs 



