21.   The egg is dark brown and subglobular, with a thick, pitted shell.

22.   Second, the eggs are highly resistant to climatic extremes, and can survive for years on the ground.

23.   The egg is subglobular, with a thick pitted shell, and is almost colourless.

24.   The egg is distinctly oval, with a smooth shell, and cannot easily be distinguished from that of the other common poultry ascaridoid.

25.   The egg is ovoid and smooth-shelled, and is difficult to distinguish from that of Ascaridia.

26.   The egg is infective on the ground in about two weeks at optimal temperatures.

27.   Let me see what these eggs are like round this corner.

28.   Hmm not bad eggs are they?

29.   Boiled eggs are a nightmare!

30.   Although the eggs might have been capable of fertilization with extraordinary efforts, none of them were considered likely to develop, under normal conditions, into a fetus.