Field notes, undated (8)
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48 2 mi my New York OSTRICH EGGS at west end are crno- riffled almost me blocks with 5 elevations in length of 8 inches, at top 7 brecciated layers. The ostrich eggs are above the brecciated lay, in a round fine grained rock. at this West end the fine grained rock is apparent & folded over the eggs while runni' a NE direction. The egg are elongated in a NE direction. O O O O O O This elongation takes place in a NE direction over at the east end of the experiment here the eggs are clus together. The ostrich egg layer is 1 1/2 ft thick includ- ing the highest part of the eggs. Nunnung eggs per' 1/2 where they are common to 2 ft over, simally in their shorter diameter. Three me ft in diam and less for make up less than 3 of its total number Ratio of length to width = 2 to 3 for the same roundness to 1 to 2 in more elongated ones. elevation of egg from 5 inches, to 12 and 19 inches. Ostrich eggs in Charles Brown farm & of horse about 100 yds