No.582] EGG-LAYIXG ACTIVITY IX DOMESTIC FOWL 363 

 TABLE I 



Average Egg Records for Different Amounts of Yellow in Ear-lobes 



56-60 13 14.8 10.7 2.4 0.0 2.2 0.2 0.00 O.no 124.7 

 61-65 4 14.5 i 8.8 1.3 0.3 0.3 ' 1.0 0.25 0.00 mn.s 

 66-70 j 1 l 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 70.0 



TABLE H 



for Different Amount- <>f Yellow in Ear-lobes 



in Tables I and II at three different periods. The first 

 recording took from October 7 to October 14. the second 

 from October 19 to 21 and the last was completed in one 

 day, October 28. The top records were all made by the 

 same one of us (B), except for 197 records on October 28. 

 The men who took these records had already acquired 

 familiarity with the method, and while their readings are 

 not absolutely comparable with the others, they probably 

 are sufficiently so to be included in Table II. The three 

 top readings were taken on separate sheets and the egg 

 records were investigated after the readings were all 

 taken and the birds had left the contest. Personal bias 

 that might have influenced the readings was thereby 

 avoided. 



Table I shows the percentage of yellow in the ear-lobes 



