CROSSES OF JAPANESE TURTLE-DOVES AVITH BLOND AND WHITE RING-DOVES. 85 



Table 57. 

 Pair SI. 

 & OS 8-D 3 ( = 1 orien t ., -jt ur.- | ris.- ^ alba); da rk; 7/9/06; dead 2/1/09; 31 mo. 

 9 St. risoria (stray bird, captured, May 1907) ; isabelline. 

 The young of this pair have the composition: \ orient.-^^f tur.-}^J ris.-J alba. 



Al. 5/2S/07 OS-D3-A-r ring-like nearly dead before 2/1/11 ? mo 



d'A2. 5/30/07 OS-D3-A-1 darker than A 1, nearer sire; dead 11/7/09 29 mo 



cfBl. 7/18 OS-D3-B-r ruddy color of risoria dead 11/5/07 3i mo 



?9B2. 7/20 OS-D3-B-I strong ruddy of risoria dead 10/23/13' 75 mo 



cfCl. 8/27 OS-D3-C-r reddish ring-dove dead 11/30/07 3 mo. 



9C2. 8/29 OS-D3-C-1 reddish ring-dove dead 11/10/07 2i 



cfDl. 2/23/OS OS-D3-D-r dark, toward sire; (fertile), .dead 12/9/09 2li 



9D2. 2/25/OS 0S-D3-D-1 a ruddy ring-dove dead 12/10/09 21 1 mo. 



cfE 1. 4/10 0S-D3-E-r nearly like sire dead 6/15/08 2 mo 



9E2. 4/12 OS-D3-E-1 ring-like; (fertile) dead 11/7/09 19 mo 



tfFl. 5/22 OS-D3-F-r inclines to dark dead 10/16/09 17 mo. 



9F2. 5/24 OS-D3-F-1 lighter than F 1 ; (fertile) .. . .dead 5/15/10 24 mo. 



G 1. 7/2; did not develop. 



? 9 G 2. 7/4 OS-D 3-G-l plain gray like douraca ^ (probably died young) . 



HI. 8/3 0S-D3-H-r dark-ring-like \one dead l/3/ll 29 mo 



cfH2. S/5 0S-D3-H-1 lighter; (fertile)/other 4/29/11 33 mo, 



I 1. 9/20; no development. J 1. 10/24; no development. 



12. 9/22; no development. J 2. 10/26; no development. 



K 1. 12/30; plain gray, like douraca, dead between 2/27/09 and 2, 1/11 2 to 25 mo, 



9K2. 1/1/09 color nearly like sire dead 2/10/09 li mo 



cf parent dead 2/1/09, "a fine looking bird." (F 1) 



' Gonad certainly abnormal; no distinct ovary, but a few scattered ova less than 1 mm. in region where ovary should 



have been. — Editor. 



^ Besides the unusual color and somewhat uncertain sex, this bird shows other abnormalities. "It had only 11 rectricea, 



and the fourth toe on each foot is bent inward (symmetrical). Bird is a little weaker in size than earlier birds of this season." 



Table 58. 

 Pair 22. 

 cT Orientalis-risoriaX alba (O S8-E); dark; 6/22/08; 11/19/10; 29 mo. 

 9 Orientalis-risoria X ris-turtur X alba (OS-D 3-F) ; light; 5/24/08; 5/15/10; 24 mo. 



cfAl. 7/2/09 OS-El nearly dark as sire ' dead 11/25/09 5 mo. 



cfA2. 7/4/09 0S-E2 nearly dark as sire dead 10/21/09 4 mo. 



' Offspring = Y*5 orienialis—^^ turlur-j^ risoria-j% alba. 



Table 59. 

 Pair S3. 

 & OS-D 3-A (\ orient.-i'y tur.-j^^ ris.-^ alba) ; darker than ring; 5/30/07. 

 9 St. risoria; dead 11/7/09; 29 mo. 



A 1. 5/7/08 OS-D 3-A-A r color dark dead before 2/1/11 ? 



9 A 2. 5/9/08 OS-D 3-A-A 1 more ring-like (i.e.. lighter) ; dead 5/13/09 12 mo. 



B 1. 6/17; complexion dark; killed very young. 



9B2. 6/19 0S-D3-A-B lighter than B 1 dead (lice?) 7/4/08. 



cfC 1. 7/10 OS-D3-A-Cr like sire dead 8/26/09 13,; 



cfC 2. 7/12 1 similar to C 1 dead 9/1/09 131 



cTDl. 8/22 0S-D3-A-Dr color of sire dead 9/11/09 13i mo, 



0^0 2. 8/24 0S-D3-A-bl complexion ring-like dead 10/8/OS li mo. 



El. 10/18 OS-D3-A-Er color nearly of sire; frozen (?) 1/1/12 39 



E2. 10/20 OS-D3-A-EI a little darker than dam; dead 12/20/09 14 



F 1. 12/26; no development. 

 F 2. 12/28; no development. 



cfGl. 2/25/09 0S-D3-A-Gr color of sire dead 1/24/10 11 



&G 2. 2/27/09 OS-D 3-A-G 1 dead 10/23/09 8 



9 H 1. 5/15 OS-D 3-A-H r nearly like sire dead 9/7/09 4 mo, 



d'H2. 5/17 OS-D 3-A-H 1 lighter than sire dead 9/11/09 4 mo. 



rf" II. 8/16 OS-D 3-1 r dark as sire, nearly dead 1/31/10 5 J mo, 



9 I 2. 8/18 OS-D 3-11 color of dam dead 2/1/10 5.V mo 



