LIQUID PARTS OF ANIMALS. 



fluid, and appears larger and of a paler colour than natural, and 

 from the preceding table would appear to have somewhat increas- 

 ed in weight. This would indicate a portion of the albumen ad- 

 ded to it, and more than compensating the loss of oil. 



The following tables exhibit the quantity of fixed constituents 

 in these contents of the egg on the eighth day of incubation : 



0-30 4-68 1-24 3'00 0-98 



036 4-43 1-10 2-95 0-91 



From these tables it appears that, though the oily matter of 

 the yolk has made its way to the albumen, very little of the phos- 

 phorus has been removed from it. 



The following table shows the fixed constituents at the end of 

 the tenth day of incubation : 



Sulphuric Phos. Chlorine Potash, Lime, 



acid. acid. soda, &c. mag. &c. 



Grains. Grains. Grains. Grains. Grains. 



Unchanged albumen, 0-27 0-14 0-24 1-13 0-12 



Modified albumen, &c. 0-08 0-65 0-68 1-36 0-27 



Yolk, . . 0-05 335 030 0-62 0-66 



0-40 4-14 1-22 3-11 1-05 



At this period the quantity of phosphorus in the yolk is some- 

 what diminished and increased in the animal and its appendages. 

 The chlorine and alkalies seem also to have diminished in the 

 yolk. 



At the end of the second week of incubation the egg has lost 

 upon an average 130 grains, supposing its original weight to 

 have been 1000 grains. The weight of its constituents in two 

 different eggs are as follows : 



