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character would beha\e \\lien brought into connection with the 

 normal numUr u ot" tail feather*- possessed by tin- "-wallow." 



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The First Generation Seven young were reared from this cross. 

 The tails of these hybrids had respectively 17, 12, 13, 15, 14, 13, 

 13 feathers. The result ^hows an intermediate condition be- 



FIG. 3. 



tween the parent types, with a distinct approach to the normal. 

 The tail of the hybrid was not carried in the erect position as- 



