A. Bacot 
•241 
Particulars of the hatching of the eggs. 
any particular date. It was found impracticable to keep the eggs laid on different days separate from eacli 
date from which the number of days has been reckoned is the date on which the ^ was placed with the $. 
placed with the 
? 
Total 
of eggs 
laid 
per 2 
Total Percentage 
of of possible 
eggs fertile 
hatched eggs 
26th 
27th 
28th 
29th 
SOtli 
31st 
32nd 
33rd 34th 35th 
Remarks 
118 
60 
51 % 
Ability to fertilize eggs retained for less than 20 days. 
1 
150 
59 
39% 
24 
»» 9J 99 99 
4 
7 
5 
1 
— 
1 
— 
- - - 
106 
97 
59% 
„ „ ,, more „ 19 „ 
172 
50 
QQ 0/ 
OO 
9 9 9 9 9 9 19 yj 
7 
0 
nil 
It is doubtful if any pairing took place. 
95 
57 
63% 
Ability to fertilize eggs retained for at least 10 „ 
123 
65 
57% 
,, ,, ,, less than 21 ,, 
70 
0 
nil 
It is doubtful if any pairing took place. 
9 
3 
2 
4 
5 
5 
4 
— — 1 
159 
115 
75% 
Ability to fertilize eggs retained for at lea.st 20 ,, 
102 
24 
28% 
99 99 9 9 99 ^ 99 
— 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— - - 
180 
99 
60% 
99 99 99 9 9 99 
55 
29 
66% 
7 
99 99 99 99 • 99 
154 
63 
46% 
,, not mor£ than 18 ,, 
181 
70 
41% 
„ „ 20 „ 
9 
3 
10 
1 
1 
4 
1 
- _ - 
148 
96 
65% 
»» 99 OVCP lO 5 , 
2 
5 
1 
1 
137 
88 
64% 
1 ^ 
99 9 9 ^'-^99 
141 
77 
55% 
„ „ „ not more than 19 ,, 
• 
152 
73 
48% 
1 
99 99 99 99 •*. < ,, 
1 
1 
115 
77 
67% 
ty yy yy 13 yy 
117 
58 
50% 
,, ,, not more than 12 ,, 
— 
110 
0 
nil 
It is doubtful if any pairing took place with this (J, see 
entries under Table V. 
which eggs laid in the second box hatched. 
