CROSSES OF JAPANESE TURTLE-DOVES WITH BLOND AND WHITE RING-DOVES. 83 



Table 52. 

 Pair S. 

 cf Orientalis-alba hyb. (2); 3/25/07; alive 8/1/14; 7+ yr. 

 9 St. risoria (29) ; age unknown. 

 A 1. 4/14/08; no development. C 1. 6/21; no development. 



A 2. 4/16/08; no development. C 2. 6/23; no development. 



9 B 1. 5/21; hatched; alive 10/1/14; 6| yr. D. 7/25; probably no development. 



B 2. 5/23; no development. (F 10) 



Pair 9. 

 cT Risoria-orient. hyb. (9): dark; 3/6/05; 2/5/11 ; 71 mo. 

 9 St. risoria (81). 



cfA. 5/27/10 SO-Rl rich ruddy risoria dead 5/26/13 36 mo. 



B 1. 7/4 SO-R 2 brownish gray; down darker; disappeared between 2/5/11-11/4/13. . .8 to 38 mo. 



cTB 2. 7/6 SO-R 3 brownish gray; down lighter; dead 3/4/12 20 mo 



(F5) 



Pair 10. 

 cT Risoria-orient. hyb. (9) ; same as above; 71 mo. 

 9 Risoria-alba X douraca (4); white; 6/29/08; U/lO/lO; W\ mo. 



A 1. 8/31/10 SO-RD 1 interm. risoria-orient.; no later record ? 



9 A 2. 9/2/10 SO-RD 2 lighter, like risoria; dead 12/30/10 3 mo. 



1. 10/14 SO-RD 3 like sire; disappeared 2/5/11-11/4/13 16 to 36 mo. 



2. 10/16 SO-RD 4 complexion dark; thrown from nest killed at 1 da. (F 3) 



Pair 11. 

 c? Orient. X risoria (5); 7/9/04; alive 6/1/14; 10+ yr. 



9 Risoria X orientalis (2); 5/3/04; 1/13/09; 56 mo. 

 ?F 1 or 2. 8/2/05; pricked shell, failed; 10 to 12 other tests showed no development. 

 A 2. 4/10/06; began development. (F 18) 



Table 53. — Other fertilUy tests of orientalis hybrids crossed with risoria and its hybrids. 

 Pair 12. 

 & (H 1) Domestica X orientalis hyb.; (1898): 11/15/07; 9 yr. 

 ?9 (Ml) Risoria-alba X homer hyb.; (4/27/98). 

 These birds mate, build nests, copulate, etc., month after month, (.1899) but no eggs. Same cJ' with 9 common 

 pigeon, 2 to 4 tests 1900. No development. (Probably M 1 was not a female. — Editor). (A 13) 



Pair IS. 

 d' Orientalis-risoria (?) 



9 Risoria-douraca (?) 

 Such a mating (can not find original data — Editor) produced at least 1 offspring. 9 OS-RD-2 hate 

 before Nov. 1910 (probably 1908-9); escaped 8/4/13; 3+ yrs. (O. 



Table 54. 



Pair 14. 

 cT Orient alis X risoria hyb. (OS 8); 8/17/04; alive 4/1/15; 11+ yr. 

 9 Risoria-alba X turtur X alba (D 9) ; 7/25/04; alive 1907; 3+ yr. 

 A. 8/31/05; hatched; color nearly 9 ris.-orient. hyb.'; dead 10/2/05; 1+ mo. 



cfB 1. 4/4/06; (OS 8-D 1) color light dead 11/6/07 19 



B 2. 4/6/06; developed a little. 



9C 1. 5/5 OS8-D2 light w. dull turtle spots dead 10/7/08 29: 



C 2. 5/7; did not hatch. 

 D. 6/15; did not hatch. 



c^E. 7/9 OS8-D3 color closely that of sire dead 2/1/09 31 ) 



9 D 9 probably sick 1907; winter 1907-08 plainly tubercular. 



In 1907 mated with a female St. risoria; no result, or record not available. 



Pair Wj. 

 In 1908 a female white ring (St. alba 1) was given. 

 A 1. 2/28/08; no development. 



cfA 2. 3/1/08 OS-A very light blond dead 2/1/11-7/1/11 7 36 . 



d"B 1. 4/2 OS8-Br dark dead 12/27/09 21 1 



9B 2. 4/4 OS8-B 1 light as OS-A: (thrown from nest), killed 4/20/08 8 



' The results of this cross therefore= J orient. + J tur. + J ris. + \ alba 



