BREEDING AND INBREEDING FOR COLOR IN SOME DOMESTIC PIGEONS. 107 



Table 77 (continued). 

 I 1. 4/20/04; black. K 1. 7/?\ , ^, „ ^ , -^ ^, 



I 2 4/22/04- black K 2 7/?!°°'' ' °''"^'' (• unhatched). 



J 2. V ' L 2' 9/?|°"^ ^^'^' '^^"■'^ ^^ " weeks; other (? unhatched). 



(? Other eggs probably laid; not recorded.) 



I o l/Vn^^°°<' *'•'"=''• '^'«<1 «'i'"'y: °'^her red, died 1 mo. ^^- '^'-^- "° '■'''^'"•'^• 



"■ ^'•^'y N 1, N 2, probably not recorded. 



^(k 2' 9/J4W '■'^^ ^- '*''''<^ 1^°9: "'her not hatched. O 1. 8/13; black. 



liv ^. -/i^j Q 2. s/15; red (killed by lice). 



L 1. 3/24\one black, dead (lice) at 2 weeks; other un- 

 L2. 3/26/ hatched. 



This 9 became tubercular, produced no eggs in 1906; was killed. 



There is no record of barbs produced in 1907. In 1908 this male was mated to another daughter— black— 

 (of 1905?). A few eggs probably laid, without record until May. 

 9 A 1. 5/13/08; gray;' dead 12/19/08. 



9 A 2. 5/15/08; gray; dead (?) 4/24/12 (mated w. brother 1909), (BB 3) 



1 At this point in the breeding of these black barbs it is remarked that " this is an interesting case, as the color runs 

 from black to red and to gray; black being most frequent, red occasional, and gray very rare." Black color predominates, 

 and most pronouncedly so at the season of strongest germs (spring) and in the kind of matings (unrelated, or mature parentage) 

 elsewhere found to be productive of strong progeny. — Editor. 



Table 78. — Brother-sister matings of black barbs. 

 & Black barb; (1903-1905); brother; black color. 

 9 Black barb; (1903-1905); sister; black color. 

 Early 1908, probably one or more clutches before: 

 ' 7/19/081°°^ black, other gray; both dead autumn 1908. 



A 1. 2/27/09; hatched; black. B 1. 4/18; no record. 



A 2. 3/1/09; hatched; black. B 2. 4/20; no record. 



J Black barb; brother or half-brother to mute (A 2). 

 9 Black barb; of gray color; (A 2) ; 5/15/08. 

 A 1. 3/28/09; hatched; black; dead (care ?), tuberculosis, after 15 days. 

 A 2. 3/30/09; did not hatch. 



B 1. 4/27; probably no development. B 2. 4/29; probably no development. 



d' Red barb (K, alive 1909) mated to 9 red and white Jacobin produced: 

 '{a ■>' ^•'0/06/°°'' hatched; blackish, with little red; other no data. 

 H 1. 3/19; hatched; dusky brown. C 1. 5/16; blackish and chequered. 



B 2. 3/21; hatched; pale red. C 2. 5/18; hatched, red. (BB 3 ) 



Table 79. 

 Pair A. 

 c f Gray Briinn pouter; from fancier ; 2/17/08; gray with white bars edged w. black. 

 9 Gray Briinn pouter; from fancier; 2/17/08; gray with white bars edged w. black. 

 9 A 1. 4/12/08 1 gray; juveual bars black, adult red with black borders. 



A 2. 4/14/08; dead at 2 weeks. 



cf B 1. 5/16 2 gray impure with black; juvenal bars purer white than in parents. 



9 B 2. 5/18 3 gray; with white bars. 



Pair B. 

 c? Parent died 0/4. A second male, like first in color, given about 6/15/08. 



d'A 1. 6/28/OS 4 color of parents; alive 10/14/09 (see pi. 18). 



\ 2. 0/30/08 5 nearly naked at hatching; very small; dead 7/23/08. 



9 B 1. 8/1 color of parents, alive 10/14/09 (see pi. 18). 



cf B 2. 8/3 7 color dark gray with red bars ' (see pi. 14). 



9 C 1. 9/22 8 dark gray; juvenal bars red-black, but in adult turned to white with black border (see 



pi. 14, ad.; pi. 17, juvenal) dead 9/1/09. 



9 C 2. 9/24 9 white; = long unable to fly, dead 1/27/09, good care (see pi. 17). 



D 1. 11/5 10 color of parents. 



D 2. 11/7 11 6 right outer flights "white"; 5 left outer flights "white"; dead 12/28/08 (care). 



E 1. and E 2; 12/18 to 20; deserted. 



F 1. l/2u/09; hatched; no later record. 

 F2. 1/28/09; failed. 



