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INHERITANCE IN CANARIES. 



TABLE 4. Mottled Y. Mottled. 



[G, green; Y, yellow; M, mottled. 1 



* No. 58cf is of YXY origin, but has a green nape, perhaps derived from the green crest of 

 its mother. 



Table 4 shows that mottled coloration yields, upon inbreeding, the 

 pure forms, yellow and green. 



TABLE 5. Mottled* Self. 



[cf, male; 9, female.] 



*Also one yellow. f Also one yellow (?) died very young. 



