Field notes, v1383
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EL Karstam 1955 clannye marmorata july 24 Size of eggs as measured warner coliger. # 1 35.0 20.7 2 35.9 20.2 Color on offside white 3 38.9 19.8 (tinged gray). Shade long oval 4 36.4 19.9 nearly symmetrical. When 5 35.1 20.7 held to light the yolk oxygen 6 37.5 20.4 as a zerrng ring > 1 cm 7 35.2 19.6 wide situated medially. no Total. 254.0 141.3 obvious germ spot visible. x L = 36.28 mm. Eggs are hard like a hard x W = 20.19 mm. hen's egg. no give when pressure gently applied with finger. Eggs have been in warm room since 10:45 A.M. yesterday where average temp about 25° C. It is now 26-27° at 12:10 P.M. today. Eggs transferred to a cut-down from tin from a small aquarium. Tin 9½" long, 6½" wide, 2½" deep., oval nd 25-30 nail holes punched in bottom for drainage. Eggs taken to Cave 19 for care there. A maximum- minimum thermometer kept in tank. 60 W bulb in student goose-neck desk lamp turned on about nightly and placed 8-10 inches above top of soil. Eggs just buried under soil surface. Pan removed to sunlight at irregular intervals. Aug. 17 Check under light of all eggs. one has dark disc-like structure which moved when egg rotated. All others showed only the zerrny yellowish-orange yolk with no distinct germ spot.