ON EGG-PRODUCTION AT THE POULTRY EXHIBITION. 215 



Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited and made remarks on a Oirriped 

 {Coronula diadema) which occurs in considerable numl^ers on the 

 Humpbacked Whale {Megaptera nodosa Bonn.). 



Mr. Holding also exhibited two curiously malformed eggs in 

 which the inner membrane only remained, the shell and yolk 

 beina: absent. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, gave an account 

 of the Poultry Exhibition which the Society is now holding for 

 the second season with a view to the encouragement of poultry- 

 keeping for egg-production. The method of keeping hens on the 

 intensive system was explained, as well as the lines to be followed 

 in the breeding and selection of heav3'-laying strains. Mr. Seth- 

 Smith called attention to the value of certain strains of ducks, 

 -especially those known as " white runners," for egg-production. 



