===========+=====================+===================+======================= | Number of eggs per | | | clutch; oviducal | Size of eggs; | Authority SPECIES | (o), nest (n); | ave. = average | and remarks | ave. = average | | -----------+---------------------+-------------------+----------------------- _ferox_ | | 24 mm. | Agassiz (1857, pl. 7, | | | fig. 20); nat. size. | | | | 22 (n) | ave. 31 mm. | Wright and Funkhouser | | | (1915:120) | | | | some (o) | 32 mm. | " | | | | 20 (o) | ave. 25 mm., and | Goff and Goff | | 12 gms. | (1935:156) | | | | 17 (o) | ave. 27 mm. | Hamilton (1947:209) | | | | 21 (o) | | " | | | | 7 (o) | | " (egg | | | deposition probably | | | interrupted) -----------+---------------------+-------------------+----------------------- _spinifer_ | | 29 mm., 26.5 mm. | Agassiz (1857, pl. 7, | | | figs. 20 and 23, | | | respectively); nat. | | | size. | | | | 9, 12, 17, 18, 27 | | Eigenmann (1896:263); | and 32 | | northern Indiana | | | | 9 to 24, ave. 18 | | Newman (1906:135); | | | northern Indiana | | | | about 30 (n), 4 | 1.09 × 1 inch | Evermann and Clark | (n), 3 (n) | | (1920:593-94); | | | northern Indiana | | | | 21 (n and o) | (o) and some (n) | " | | .93 × .93 inches; | | | rest of (n) 1.07 |