INHERITANCE, FERTILITY, AND SEX IN PIGEONS. 



Table 60. 

 Pair Slf. 

 d' Turtur-oricnt. hyb. (5): 6/6/04; aWve 8/1/14: 10+ yr. 

 9 Humilis X hum.-risoria hyb. (HHR 2) ; S/17, 05; 8/20 OS; 36 mo. 

 A 1. 4/15/07; no development. 

 A 2. 4/17/07; no development. 



(^B 1. 5/7 TO-HRl like sire or turtur (fertile)., .dead 1/15/09 (care) 20+ mo. 



d'B2. 5/9 TO-HR2 like sire or turtur (fertile)., .dead 10/9/09 29 mo. 



C 1. 6/15; developed (deserted on train). 

 C 2. 6/17; developed (deserted on train). 



D 1. 7/4 TO-HR3 color ? dead at 12 days. 



D2. 7/6 TO-HR4 color? dead at 16 days. 



E 1. 8/9 \one began development (unsteady incubation ?). 

 9 E 2. 8/11/one TO-HR 5 color ? dead 12/5/07 4 mo. 



F 1. 3/21/081 one... TO-HR 6 skin and down dark dead before 2/5/11 7 



F 2. 3/23/08/one . . .TO-HR 7 skin and down trace less dark; dead before 2/5/11 ? 



G 1. 4/2 TO-HR S complexion about that of F 1 and F2; dead before 2/5/11 ? 



G 2. 4/4; no development. 

 H 1. 4/20; no development (care ?). 

 9H2. 4/22 TO-HR 9 like sire ; toward turtur dead 8/13/08 4 mo. 



I 1. 5/10; no development. 

 9 12. 5/12 TO-HR 10 dark (more like dam than previous young) ; dead (food ?). . . .4 mo. 



CJ'9 Jl. 7/7 TO-HR 11 dark "as usual" (? hermaph.); killed 5/1 12 46 mo.' 



J 2. 7/9 developed 12 day embryo (2 day of hatching) upper jaw curved to left. (F 16) 



Pair 25. 

 d' Turtur-orient. X hum. X hum.-risoria hyb. (TO-HR 1); 5/8, 07; 1/15/09 (care); 20 mo, 

 9 St. alba; age and parents unknown. 

 cfA 1. 6/19/08; color and appearance ' of humilis, trace lighter, dead at 25 da. 



A 2. 6/21/08; no development, 

 no de\'elopment. 

 no development. 



no development. 



developed, pricked shell, failed; complexion dark like A 1. 



C 1. 8/4; 

 C2. 8/6; 



' This bird had an ovary on the left side, but in addition there seemed to be a right gonad involved in a very large 

 tumor. The bird was killed fighting: had a body unnaturally rounded for a dove. Until opened for autopsy thought to be a 

 male; it had certainly behaved so as to give this impression. — Editor. 

 ' Young = J turtur, J orient., j\ hum., -^i risoria, J alba. 



Table 61. 

 Pair SO. 

 (? Turtur-orient. X hum. X hum.-risoria hyb. (TO-HR 2) ; dark with red (turtur) ; 5/9/07; 10/9/09; 29 mo. 

 9 St. risoria; age and ancestry not given; isabelline. 



d'Al 7/5/08 TO-HR-Rl dark, more like sire dead 8/22/10 25* mo. 



d'A2. 7/7/08 T0-HR-R2 dark, more like sire dead 7/24/09 13 mo. 



9B 1. 8/15 TO-HR-R3 interm. to parents dead 2/24/10 IS mo. 



cfB 2. 8/17 T0-HR-R4 dark reddish brown; turtur neck-mark; dead 2/8/09 6 mo. 



Pair 27. 

 9 St. risoria (2d female here) given 4/14/09. 



d'A 1. 4/21/09 TO-HR-R5 complexion dark dead (cold?) 5/29/09 38 da. 



if A 2. 4/23/09 TO-HR-R 6 color dark, as most young, .dead 5/23/09 30 da. 



5/19 TO-HR-R 7 dark, toward humilis (much as former birds); 8/19/10 15 mo. 



B 2. 5/21; no development. 

 ?C 1. 6/16 TO-HR-R 8 dark as most others; sex abnormal 



C 2. 6/18; hatched (color of C 1) with deformed legs; killed 7/S; 1 mo. 



d'D 1. 8/1 TO-HR-R 9 dark like most former birds; dea<: 



cJ'D2. 8/3 TO-HR-R 10 dark like others dead : 



' "Sex?; I could find no male or female organs." 



