170 



Bulletin No. 155. — 1913. 



Black Spanish 9 , 181 A: Weight 4 ^^ lbs., neck long, back 

 of medium length; body of medium length, set well on legs; 

 comb upright, four points, fine texture; head long and face 

 deficient in white; eyes dark hazel; wattles are smooth and 

 have a fine texture; wing coverts, back and tail coverts black 

 with purple barring; primaries, secondaries and main tail 

 feathers are dull black; body feathering has a dark brown cast; 

 under-color dark slate. 



Table 5. — Showing the results in Fi of ^Miite Leghorn X Black Spanish mat- 

 ings (1910 and 1911 series). 



A glance at Table 5 makes it evident that the white of the W. L. 

 dominated over the black of the B. S. as it did over the black of the 

 B. H. The dominance was not perfect, however, since a small 

 nimiber of birds showed black fleckings; and three possessed feathers 

 which were distinctly barred. These barred feathers appeared as 

 follows: In one case two right secondaries and one tail feather had 

 a single gray band across the tip. These barred secondaries remained 

 in the adult plumage, but the barred tail feather was lost. In the 

 second case the barred pattern w^as faintly present in one of the 

 saddle feathers. In the third case a bird put up one barred wing 

 covert which was moulted and never replaced. 



Case 2a. — [White Leghorn d^ X Black Spanish 9 ] cf X [White 

 Leghorn cf X Black Spanish 9] 9- Nature of mating: CCBbffli 

 X CCBhFfli. (For discussion, see p. 193). 



