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Genetic Studies in Poultry 



TABLE II. 



A. From heiiny S • 



No. of Normal llenny 



Exp. Males Females Males Males 



Families with 

 excess of 



?? 



14 



11 



4 

 6 

 3 



B. From henny $ . 



No. of Normal Henny 



Exp. Males Females Males Males 



28 7 12 4 1 



30 2 4 1 1 



37 11 16 4 7 



39 4 11 1 3 



Totals 



Families with 

 excess of 



71 128 



/ 6 

 17 

 19 

 20 



16 

 7 

 5 



20 



3 



1 



11 



27 



32 



7 



4 



1 



10 



24 

 25 

 32 

 38 

 40 

 41 

 42 



24 



24 

 15 

 20 



9 

 17 



6 

 12 



43 



12 

 10 

 13 

 5 

 11 



10 



11 



6 

 14 

 4 

 9 

 2 

 4 



12 



Totals 



48 23 20 22 



23 

 26 

 27 

 29 

 31 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 45 



103 



29 



14 



13 



11 



11 



9 



8 



9 



11 



11 



6 



58 



36 



14 



11 



12 



12 



7 



7 



7 



9 



16 

 6 



50 



10 

 6 

 2 

 6 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 1 



27 



15 

 8 

 1 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 5 

 7 

 4 



132 137 



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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE VII. 



Fig. 1. Saddle feathers from an intermediate cock with a marked tendency to normal 

 plumage. The feathers were gold throughout, and were removed when the bird was 

 28 weeks old. 



Fig. 2. Saddle feathers from brother of above bird taken after the moult. Before the 

 moult the feathers of this bird were of the type shewn in Fig. 1. (Of. p. 42.) 



Fig. 3. Feathers from saddle of slightly intermediate bird taken before the moult. The 

 fringes of the two "tipped" feathers are gold in colour. 



Fig. 4. Two henny feathers from saddle of above bird taken after the moult. All of the 

 feathers were of this type. 



