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enough with him till he evinces any intention of treading them, 
and then they become beside themselves with terror ! 
Much time was wasted at the Queensdown run in first putting.a 
domestic as well as a hybrid hen with the hybrid cock. His majesty 
of course neglected the hybrid for the domestic, and all the eggs of 
the former were of course infertile. Later the domestic hen was 
removed and another hybrid and one (+ J + #D) hen were added. 
Once again the two hybrids were neglected while the cock mated 
up with (1 J + #D) as stated in experiment No. 2, and produced 
chicks, whereas every batch of eggs laid by the two hybrids was 
infertile. 
Only lately was the hybrid cock shut up to two hybrid hens 
alone. Since then they have both laid a clutch of eggs each and 
sat on them themselves, but all proved infertile. This is what may 
be called the first real test at Queensdown. The hybrid cockerel, 
it would appear, mates up with only one hen, just like the jungle 
parent. 
No. 4.—Hybrid Hen and Domestic Cock. 
An experiment is being tried by Mr. G. C. Bliss of Atgalla, in 
which a bantam cock is mated up with a hybrid hen. This domestic 
cock has often been seen to tread the hybrid hen, and she has laid 
several clutches of eggs, but so far they have all proved infertile. 
No. 5.—Hybrid Hen and Jungle Cock. 
At Hunasgeria Mr. Johnson put a hybrid pullet to his famous 
jungle cock (daughter to father), but as there were domestic hens 
in the run no attention was paid to this hybrid and her eggs were 
naturally infertile. 
At Atgalla Mr. Bliss has a jungle cock mated up with a hybrid 
hen, but so far there have been no eggs, and the cock does not seem 
to notice the hen. 
Two furthgr experiments are worth mentioning. 
It has already been stated (No. 1) that the hybrid cock mated 
with the domestic female produced chickens J 4 + D # 
In No, 2 we saw that a female of this blood had been mated back 
to the hybrid father and had produced chicks. 
No. 6.—Male (J 4 + D 3) and Female (J 4 + D }). 
This pair of the same blood were mated together and produced 
chickens, 7.e., they will breed inter se. 
No. 7.—Male (J 4 + D }) and Domestic Hen. 
The result of this mating was to produce chickens. 
