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TABLES OF MATINGS. 



I. Black or blue female x orange or cream male. 

 Offspring 



Note. Three blacks were of uncertain sex. In one mating of black ? x yellow ^ there 

 were produced two black ^ , three tabby j ; two tortoiseshell ? , and one tabby- 

 tortoiseshell ? (not included in the table). 



II. Orange or cream female x black or blue male. 



Offspring 



Number Orange Black Orange Tortoiseshell Black 



of matings or or or cream or blue-cream or 



recorded cream male blue male female female blue female 



6 20 — — 16 — 



III. Tortoiseshell female x orange or cream male. 



Offspring 



Number 



of matings 



recorded 



34 



Orange 



or 



cream male 



54 -fl? 



-I- 1 tortoiseshell i 



Black 



Orange 

 or cream 

 female 



blue male 



38-1-3? 47-1-1 



-t-2 smoke — 



Tortoiseehell Black 

 or blue-cream or 



female blue female 



43 5 



Note. Those marked ? were of uncertain sex. In addition, from three matings of yellow 

 i by " tabby- tortoiseshell " and " grey-and-orange " females, there were produced 

 four yellow s , three black or blue i , two tabby (j ; six yellow ? , two tortoise- 

 shell ? , one tabby ? . 



IV. Tortoiseshell female x black or blue male. 



Offspring 



Note. In addition, one mating of black (^ x "brown-orange-tabby" ? produced two 

 yellow c? , one black s ; one tabby ? , 



V. Orange or cream female x orange or cream male. 



Offspring 



Number 

 of matings 

 recorded 



17 



Orange Black Orange 



or or or cream Tortoiseshell 



cream male blue male female female 



48 _- 40 3 



blue female 



Note. The three tortoiseshell females (one of them "blue with a cream patch") were 

 from the same mating (two litters), 

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