BREEDING AND INBREEDING FOR COLOR IN SOME DOMESTIC PIGEONS. 



Ill 



Table 87. 

 cf C. admista (Z) ; 1S94 or 1895; escaped 12/ 

 9 C. palumbus (Op): 10/5/02. 



El. 11/2; probably no development. 



E 2. 11/4; probably no development. 



F. 1/28/00; broken.' 



1. 6/26/99; no development. 

 I development. 

 7/3; not hatched. 

 7/5; not hatched. 



7/23\ , , . G 1. 3/30/00; no development 



7/25/°"" "^^S' ^°™" development. ^ ., ^^^/q^. ^^ d,^,,„p„,,„j_ 



I 1. 6/7; no development. 



I 2. 6/9; hatched; dead at 4 days. 



8/10; no development. 

 8/12; no development. 



' Laying at this season and to the extent h 

 tivity of the wood-pigeon." (F 29) 



^ Later the female of the above record was mated to anothe 

 (6/3/02). It seems to have lived only 7 days. (A 14, A 1/7) 



J 1. 7/12; no development. 

 J 2. 7/14; some development. 

 K 1. S/1; probably no development. 

 K 2. 8/3; probably no development. 

 L 1. 8/30; probably no development.^ 

 L 2. 9/1; probably no development. 



(F29) 

 an interesting proof of the effect of domestication on the produc- 



4/27; no development. 



; noted ' 



pigeon (adinisla '!). A single yt 



hatched 



Table 87a. — Wild C. livia x C. Uoia domestica. 

 (f C. livia; from Inishbofin. 

 9 C. livia domestica; from fancier 1907; typical 2-bi 



A 1. 4/18/08; hatched. 

 A 2. 4/20/08; hatched. 



;21. 



appearance. 



C 1./7/15*; hatched; 22. 

 C2.\7/15*; hatched; 23. 



9 C. Ueia domesti 

 13 tail feathe 



(from fancier 12/27/08) ; 2-barred; trace of brownish in light blue gray. This 9 has 



A 1. 1/20; failed (poor incubation). 

 A 2. 1/22; failed (poor incubation), 

 cf B 1. 3/1 *; I-Kr 1 ; 3d vestigial bar; dead 4/28/08 

 B 2. 3/2 *; I-Kr 2; trace darker 



3/23;I-Kr3. 



3/25; probably did not hatch. 



browner than B 1. 



* Indicates date of hatching. 



ef C. livia (2) ; from Inishbofin, 1901; dead 10/15/02. 

 9 C. livia (2); from Inishbofin, 1901; accident 1/13/04. 



A 1. 3/8/02 5. 



A 2. 3/10/02 5 dead 9/18/02 



cTB 1. 4/23. 

 9 B 2. 4/25. 



& C. affinis (3) ; from Inishbofin, 1901. 



9 C. livia (3) ; from Dover, England, 1898. 



A 2 1/9/0^}°°" '^"^'^ "* ' "''"'''' "^^^'^ 2/26/02. 



B 1. 2/14; broken. 



B 2. 2/16 3 B typical 2-barred. 



P 9 •i/'jf""^ 3 C; other dead at 1 week. 

 9 D. 4/15; 3 D; 2-barred; bars pale; ' dead 7/10/02. 

 E. 5/29; no record. 



A 1. 12/14/02; failed (care). 



A 2. 12/16/02; failed (care). 



B 1. 1/14/03; broken. 



B2. 1/16/03; broken. 



C 1. 2/3; no record. 



C 2. 2/5; no record. 



c^ C livia (number not certain). 

 9 C. livia (number not certain). 



D 1. 3/1 7 dead 8/17/03. 



cfD2. 3/3 7 alive 1905. 



9 E 1. 4/23 8 dead 3/10/05. 



E 2. 4/25 S accident 5/13/03. 



F 1. 7/8 /hatched. 

 F 2. 7/10\hatched. 



cf C. livia (0) ; from Inishbofin, 1901 ; 



11/29/05. 



9 C. livia; (earlier mated 

 dead 7/29/06. 

 dead 7/25/06. 

 escaped at few weeks, 

 escaped at few weeks. 



C 1. 6/1 hatched; killed at 3 weeks. 



C 2. 6/3 hatched; killed at 3 weeks. 



' According to a statement in the text, 'pale bars" were apparently the 



d'A 1. 3/19/05 RIO 



rf'A2. 3/21/05 Rll 



I 1. 4/25 R12. 



12. 4/27 R13. 



th owl). 



Dl. 7/6 R14. 



D 2. 7/8; broken. 

 cfE 1. 7/23/05. R 15 dead 7/15/06. 



9E2. 7/25/05. 



.dead 10/2/05. 



dT 1. 9/15/05. .R 16 dead 7/16/06. 



F2. 9/17; no record. 



. these hybrids. — Editor 



