32 INHERITANCE, FERTILITY, AND SEX IN PIGEONS. 



Table 3. 

 Pair J,. 

 c f C. tabellaria (2); (stray bird, 1903?): no record of death. 

 9 T. orientalis (29); ancestry unknown; (not "29, young of 1 X 1 "); date of death not known. 



A 1. 5/29/05 hatched died very young (?) 20 da. 



K 2. 5/31/05; no development. 



B 1. 6/13 hatched died at 7-14 days deformed, asymmetry. (?) 2G da. 



B 2. 6/15 hatched died at 7-14 days (?) 26 da. 



Cf C 1. 7/14 4 R dead 2/1/11-11/3/14 6+ yrs. 



(fC2. 7/16 4L dead 4/18/08 2 yr., 9 mo. 



Dl. 8/15 5 dead 11/11/07 2 yrs. 3 mo. 



D 2. 8/17; no development. 



E 1. 10/10. 6 no later record; probably short-lived , . . ? 2 mo. to 1 yr. 



E 2. 10/12; nearly hatched. 



F 1. 3/2/06; deserted. G 1. 3/24; tliin-shelled, broken. 



F 2. 3/4/06; deserted. G 2. 3/26; thin-shelled, broken. 



HI. 4/4 7 dead 2/5/08 1 yr., 10 mo. 



H 2. 4/6; developed a little. 

 I. 5/3; developed, deserted. 

 J 1. 5/26; no record; almost certainly not hatched. 



J 2. 5/28 8 7/29/06 2 mo. 



K 1. 6/16; failed to hatch. 

 K 2. 6/18; failed to hatch. 



(Birds idle during this period at Woods Hole.) 



C?L1. 9/16 9 12/27/09 3 yr., 3i mo. 



L2. 9/18; stunted legs lO/ll/OO I mo. (F 22) 



Table 4. 

 Pair ,;. 

 cf C. affinis • domestica (3) ; about 3 1 97; killid 9/26/97. 

 9 T. orientalis (2); imported 5, 24 97; dead 11 17/12; 15-f- yrs. 



cfA 1. 8/18/97 ■ hatched 1 one, called A 1, ferlile; accident 4/30/02 56-)- mo. 



d'A 2. 8/20/97 hatched /one died 2/28/98 6 mo., 10 da. 



? 9 B 1. 8/27 killed Jan. 1899 (legs deformed; ovary very rudimentary) 17-|- mo. 



B 2. 8/29 hatched, legs deformed dead 9/26/97 29 da. 



C 1. 9/6; hatched, starved. D. 9/17/97; some development, broken. 



C 2. 9/8; hatched, starved. 



(See pi. 35 for the appearance of these hybrids.) 

 Pair 6. 

 (^ C. tabellaria (1) "At least two years old when obtained 2/?/97"; put here 10/17/97; removed 1/16/98; killed ll/?/02. 

 A 1. 10/17/97; no development; incubation bad. 

 A 2. 10/19/97; no development; incubation bad. 

 B 1. 11/9; hatched; no later record. 

 B 2. 11/11; pricked shell, failed; probably an abnormal embryo. 



d'C 1. 11/21 hatched escaped 5/25/98 7-f- mo. 



C 2. 11/23 hatched, deformed legs dead 12/10/97 17 da. 



D 1. 12/4; no development. 

 ?D 2. 12/6 hatched; copulated 1898, built nests, but no eggs (apparently functioned as a 9 when 



ted with i 



E 1. 12/16; no development. 

 E 2. 12/18; no development. 

 F 1. 12/30; no development. 

 F 2. 1/1/98; no development. 

 G 1. 1/8; broken. 

 G 2. 1/10; no development. 



A 1. 1/23/98; thin shell, broken 

 A 2. 1/25/98; thin shell, broken 

 B 1. 2/1' 

 B2. 2/3 



Pair 7. 

 d' Common dove (2); age unknown, given 1/18/9S. 



incubation imperfect; one egg developed but did' 



' White fantail in the ancestry of this bird. 



* "Female No. 2 deserted all eggs given to replace clutches C to C' inclusive. Since the male nested faithfully it i 

 that these latter eggs did not have ade(iuate opportunity to bi- fertilized." .No further record of any matings, or eggs, 

 bird ( 9 2) until 1900.— Editor. 



