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crossed with the white Leghorn breed (Fig. 14 ; i). Of 24 hybrids, 

 12 were white (Fig. 14; 3), or prevaihngly so; black was usually 

 present, and more rarely some buff. The other 12 hybrids were 



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Fig. 13. Silky fowl, Fig. i ; Frizzle fowl, 2; extra toe, Fig. 3; hybrid, Fi, 

 between Silky and Frizzle, Fig. 4. (After Davenport.) 



black and white barred, or black with reddish. The tail and 

 rump were normal. Rumplessness is recessive in the strain 

 used by Davenport. 



