ON EGG- PRODUCTION AT THE POULTRY EXHIBITION. 215 



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

 {Coronula diadema) which occurs in considerable numbers 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 

 being 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 heavy-laying strains. Mr. Seth- 

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

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



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