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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



(1) A self-cinnamon cock iiuitcd to a 

 clear hen with pink eyes* (showing cinna- 

 mon descent) may have cinnamon varie- 

 gated male progeny. 



THE nOKDKR FANCY CANARY. 



(2) Two clear ])ink-cyed ])arcnts, with no 

 known cinnamon cross i'or at least two 

 generations, may have cinnamon-ticked 

 male and female progeny. 



(3) My records also show that, if a jiink- 

 eyed male be mated to a dark-eyed female, 

 all the clear, variegated, and green dark- 

 eyed progeny are males ; and the clear, 

 variegated-cinnajnon and self-cinnamon 

 pink-eyed progeny are females. 



(4) Moreover, in this mating the sexes 

 occur in equal proportions. 



The following is an extract from my 

 records of this mating : — 



Pink-eyed Male x Dark-eyed Female 

 11 matings gave 21 d.-c. males, 21 p.-c. fcinalcs. 

 Sex unasccr 



taiiu'il in I il.-c. anil 7 |iink-cyc<l. 



Tdlal 



2S (lark-eyed, 2.S pink-eyed. 



In all proljaliilil y 2.S dark-eyed male progeny 

 and 2<S pink eyed leniale |)i(igrny. 



These results agree with those of Don- 

 caster with regard to sex inheritance in 

 the common Currant ]\Ioth {Abraxas grossn- 

 lariata) and its pale variety {laciicolor).-f 



* The tcnii.s " pink-eye " iinti " (lark-eye " are .strictly 

 reserved for those thicks in which these qualities were 

 noted williin two days of hatchinR. 



h l'"or an account of this intercstinp; parallel ease in 

 moths to that of the (.'innanion Canary, and for its 

 Mendellan e.\i)lanation hy Uate.son and I'vninett, see 

 IJeporl IV. to the Evolution Couiniiltce of the Royal 

 Six;iety. 



Wild Cinna= 

 mon Sports 

 and Cinna= 

 mon Hybrids. 



For some years I have been collecting 

 ill the wild cinnamon birds of which I 

 heard. Any rarity of this 

 sort is nearly always ctdied 

 it cock, in order to enhance 

 its value ; and this remark 

 applies also to many 

 museum specimens. But I have now had 

 a fair number in my aviaries, and have 

 in every ease succeeded in getting these 

 cinnamon " cocks " to lay eggs. Some of 

 these also have been examined post-mortem 

 and the sex verified. I have also seen and 

 examined se\eral cinnamon wild birds 

 belonging to other owners. 



I have also bred six cinnamon hybrids of 

 different sorts, and seen and examined 

 several others. 



All these cinnamon wild birds and 

 hybrids I have found to be females. There- 

 fore I feel confident in stating that all 

 cinnamon wild birds are females, and that 

 male cinnamon hybrids must be very rare, 

 for, so far, I have seen none. 



THE CINNAMON CANARY. 



These st.-itements arc based upon : — 

 (1) Twenty-live cinnamon wild birds :ind 

 cinnamon hybrids seen at 

 Basis of bird-shows and in bird-rooms. 



Statement. ... ,• . 



(2) Tlic following livmg ex- 

 ami)lcs at i)rcsciit in my possession : — 



(a) Fom- cinnamon and very i)ale 



cinnamon (almost white) (irccn- 

 linchcs (//. clitoris). 



(b) One ciimamon VcUow-hammer (/'.'. 



Cilriiiell(i). 



