Lithium induction of premature oviposition by the Japanese quail.

1. The intramuscular injection of LiCl into laying Japanese quail 6 or 12 h subsequent to an oviposition induced early oviposition of the next egg. 2. The shells of eggs from Li-treated birds were without speckling and weighed half or less as much as shells from Na-treated birds. Many eggs were also deficient in albumen.