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Japanesp turtle-dove " mutant " No. 98 (second "mutant"), with parents, male T. orientalis (69) 

 and female T. orientalis (2). From egg of April 2, 1910. Photographed May 20, 1910. The extent 

 of white in the voung and the perfect normalitj' of the visible characters of the parents are shown 

 No. 98 is like No. 95, but considerably whiter. The juvenal feathers have the reddish edge followed 

 by a thin liorder of black, the center being white. This "mutant" died July 9, 1910, with some of 

 its adult featlicrs ;il!va<lv in place; in these feathers the thin border of black has been perceptibly 

 widciird, wiiil.' the vru\ry iif the feather remains uMe or very light gray. The dam seems in fairly 

 gcMid luahli l.ut rathrr heavy in motion, especially in flight. 8he flies up to her nest— about 7 feet— 

 regularly, however, and often attains it by a nearly vertical flight. 



