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TABLE OF CONTKNTS. 



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Remarks oil the Characteristics 39 



i. General Plumage Color, 39 ; 

 2. Earlobe Color, 39 ; 3. Vul- 

 ture Hock, 39. 



Material 39 



Results 40 



i. General Plumage Color, 40 ; 2. 

 Earlobe Color, 40 ; 3. Vulture 

 Hock, 40; 4. Foot Feathering, 

 40. 



Conclusions 40 



Series VIII. White Leghorn Bantam and 



Buff Cochin Bantam 40 



Statement of Problem 40 



The Races as a Whole 40 



Table of Characteristics 41 



Remarks on the Characteristics 41 



i. General Plumage Color 41 



Material 42 



Results 42 



i. General Plumage Color, 42 ; 2. 

 Earlobe Color, 43 ; 3. Vulture 

 Hock,43;4.FootFeathering,43. 



Conclusions 43 



Series IX. Tosa Fowl (Yokohama) and 



White Cochin Bantam 43 



Statement of Problem 43 



The Races as a Whole 43 



Table of Characteristics 44 



Remarks on the Characteristics 44 



i. General Plumage Color, 44 ; 

 2. Tail, 44 ; 3. Foot Feather- 

 ing, 48 ; 4. Foot Color, 48. 



Material 48 



Results 49 



i. General Plumage Color, 49; 

 2. Tail Length, 49 ; 3. Foot 

 Feathering, 50 ; 4. Foot Color, 

 50 ; 5. Correlation of Character- 

 istics, 51. 



Conclusions 51 



Series X. Dark Brahma and Tosa Fowl 51 



Statement of Problem 51 



The Races as a Whole 51 



Table of Characteristics 52 



Remarks on the Characteristics 52 



i. Shafting, 52 ; 2. Hackle Lac- 

 ing, 52; 3. Body Lacing, 52; 

 4. Penciling, 53 ; 5. Red Wing- 

 Bar, 53 ; 6. White Wing-Bows, 

 53 ; 8. White Earlobe, 53 ; 9. 

 Iris Color, 53. 



Material 53 



Results 54 



i. Shafting, 54; 2. Hackle Lac- 

 ing, 54 ; 3- Body Lacing, 54 ; 

 4. Penciling, 54; 5. Red Wing- 

 Bar, 54 ; 6. White Wing-Bow, 

 54; 7- Comb, 54; 8. Earlobe 

 Color, 54 ; 9. Iris Color, 54 ; 

 10. Foot Color, 54; ii. Vulture 

 Hock, 54 ; 12. Foot Feathering, 

 55 ; 13. Tail Feathers, 55. 



Conclusions 



Method of Inheritance, 55 ; Sex in 

 Inheritance, 55. 



Series XI. Frizzle and Silky 



Statement of Problem 



The Races as a Whole 



Table of Characteristics 



Remarks on the Characteristics 



i. Plumage Color, 57 ; 2. Comb 

 Form, 57; 3-5. Feather Form, 

 57 ; 6. Number of Toes, 59 ; 7. 

 Skin Color, 59. 



Material 



Results 



i. Plumage Color, 59 ; 2. Comb, 

 59; 3~5- Curving of Shaft, Barb 

 Length, aud Barb Form, 59; 

 6. Number of Toes, 60 ; 7. Skin 

 Color, 60 ; 8. Crest, 60. 



Conclusions 



Series XII. Single-comb White Leghorn 

 Bantam and Black-breasted Red Runip- 



less Game 



Statement of Problem 



The Races as a Whole 



Table of Characteristics 



Remarks on the Characteristics 



4. Uropygium 



Material 



Results 



i. General Plumage Color, 62 ; 2. 

 Beak Color, 63; 3. Uropygium, 



63 ; 4. Foot Color, 63. 

 Conclusions 



Series XIII. Black Cochin Bantam and 



Black-breasted RedRumpless Game... 



Statement of Problem 



The Races as a Whole 



Table of Characteristics 



Material 



Results 



i. General Plumage Color, 64; 2. 

 Uropygium, 64; 3. Iris Color, 



64 ; 4. Vulture Hock, 64 ; 5. Foot 

 Feathering, 64. 



Conclusions 



D. General Discussion 



Inheritance of Particular Characteristics... 



Comb Form.. 



Nostril Form 



Cerebral Hernia 



Crest 



Whiskers, or Muff. 



Beard 



Feather Form 



Uropygium 



Tail-Length 



Vulture Hock 



Foot Feathering 



Extra Toes 



Skin Color 



Mandible Color 



Foot Color 



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