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whom I have obtained several specimens of both varieties, has been 

 kind enough to give me his experience of breeding them. He has 

 known whites to be produced from the mating of two Barbaries but 

 never Barbaries from the mating of two whites. He has been in the 

 habit of crossing the two varieties, the cross usually made being that of 

 a Barbary $ x White ^, and has obtained young of both varieties from 

 such a cross. He has noticed that Barbary young mature much quicker 

 than do white young. This has also been my own experience. 



It was my original intention to use only the wild Turtle Doves and 

 the White Java Doves, but they were found not to breed readily 

 together, and only a small number of offspring were obtained from each 

 pair. On referring to Table VH it will be seen that in Exps. 79 — 82 

 only two or three young were obtained from the pairs, whilst in 



TABLE VII. 



I. Meltings of Turtle Doves and White Java Doves. 



((/) White S X Dark s . 



Offspring 



Exp. 



No. 



85 

 86 

 87 



II. Matings of Barhary Doves and White Java Doves. 



Female 

 White, No. 1068 

 White (uo number) 

 White, No. 29 

 White (no number) 



(a) White ? x Dark i . 



Male 

 Barbary, No. 1298 

 Barbary (uo number) 

 Barbary, No. 1069 

 Barbary, No. 1061 



Dark 



Male 



2 



5 

 1 

 3 



Offspring 



Dark 



Female 



White 

 Male 



White 

 Ftmale 



89 

 90 

 91 



Barbary, No. 45 

 Barbary, No. 2016 

 Barbary, No. 2015 



{h) Dark ? x White i . 



White, No. 1893 10 



White, No. 45 4 



White, No. 2043 4 



