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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  NUMENIUS 
  ARQUATA 
  COntitl 
  lied. 
  

  

  Particulars 
  of 
  Clutches 
  

  

  C. 
  N. 
  arquata 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  clutch 
  — 
  four 
  

  

  Condition 
  — 
  absolutely 
  fresh 
  

  

  Taken 
  on 
  April 
  24th, 
  1902 
  

  

  Weight 
  of 
  clutch. 
  

  

  D. 
  A, 
  arquata 
  — 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  clutch 
  — 
  four 
  

  

  Condition 
  — 
  absolutely 
  fresh 
  

  

  Taken 
  on 
  May 
  2nd, 
  1902 
  

  

  Weight 
  of 
  clutch. 
  

  

  Length, 
  

   inches 
  

  

  Breadth, 
  

   inches 
  

  

  Weight, 
  

   grammes 
  

  

  2-672 
  

   2-702 
  

  

  2749 
  

   2-804 
  

  

  1-887 
  

   1-882 
  

   1-909 
  

   1-914 
  

  

  79-815 
  

   81-112 
  

   85-057 
  

   86-055 
  

  

  

  332-039 
  

  

  2-665 
  

   2-595 
  

   2-799 
  

   2-952 
  

  

  1-964 
  

   1-973 
  

   1-937 
  

   1-936 
  

  

  85-609 
  

   85-664 
  

   86-367 
  

   90-476 
  

  

  

  348-116 
  

  

  In 
  preparing 
  the 
  above 
  tables 
  we 
  had 
  considerable 
  difficulty 
  

   in 
  deciding 
  what 
  to 
  include 
  and 
  what 
  to 
  leave 
  out. 
  Our 
  original 
  

   intention 
  was 
  merely 
  to 
  give 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  heaviest 
  and 
  

   lightest 
  clutches 
  examined 
  of 
  each 
  species 
  ; 
  but, 
  on 
  further 
  con- 
  

   sideration, 
  we 
  judged 
  it 
  expedient 
  to 
  enter 
  more 
  fully 
  into 
  the 
  

   miimtue 
  of 
  the 
  subject. 
  In 
  coming 
  to 
  this 
  decision 
  we 
  were 
  in- 
  

   fluenced 
  by 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  gradation 
  of 
  variation. 
  

  

  While 
  preserving 
  the 
  integrity 
  of 
  the 
  clutches, 
  we 
  have 
  

   arranged 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  ascending 
  order. 
  This 
  should 
  facilitate 
  

   comparisons. 
  

  

  The 
  classification 
  and 
  nomenclature 
  is 
  after 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Howard 
  Saunders's 
  well-known 
  ' 
  Manual.' 
  

  

  We 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  of 
  thanking 
  friends 
  and 
  corre- 
  

   spondents 
  who, 
  either 
  by 
  supplying 
  materials 
  for 
  our 
  researches, 
  

   or 
  by 
  granting 
  us 
  permission 
  to 
  roam 
  at 
  will 
  through 
  their 
  covers 
  

   and 
  across 
  their 
  moors, 
  have 
  ably 
  seconded 
  our 
  efforts. 
  

  

  