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statement shows besides the contamination of the second gen- 

 eration the complexity of the result due to latent characters other 

 than those patent in the breeds used. 



In regard to tail length, it was found that the first hybrid 



i 



'v-' 



Fig. 12. White Cochin Bantam, Fig. i; male Tosa fowl, Fig. 2; hybrid, 

 Fi, male, between last, Fig. 3; second generation hybrid extracted recessive, 

 Fig. 4. (After Davenport.) 



males developed abnormally long middle-tail feathers, but the 

 tail was not so long as in the Tosa fowl. 



It will be observed that in this cross white is apparently not 

 dominant, as it is as a rule in other combinations ; but evidence of 

 the white is seen in the barred feathers of the first hybrids. 



