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The Journal of Heredity 



THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF BUFF COLOR 



A pullet from pen 18 of 1913 — Leghorn X Dorking. Compare it with Vig. 9 and note the resemblance 

 in conformation, but difTerent comb, and no fifth toe. Note also the pigment in her breast the color 

 of which was buff. This was the first appearance of that character. This hen was in breeding pen 7 

 in 1914. (Sec Fig. 10.) (Fig. 11.) 



pounds. The third [jullct was the same 

 in general description as the preceding 

 except that she had four toes on each 

 foot and weighed only 3% pounds. 

 Two of these pullets laid a brown egg 

 and the f)ther a light brown egg. 



From this mating there were used 

 in the breeding pens in 1014 three cock- 

 erels and seven pullets. .All of tiie 

 cockerels were white although one 

 showed a few buff feathers and another 

 a small amount of black ticking. In 

 ear lobe one cockerel was white, one 

 nearly white and one about half red. 

 Twf) of the cockerels had five toes on 

 each ff)ot and the other had four. The 

 legs f)f two cockerels were white and 

 the other yellow. In weight the cock- 

 erels weri' as follows: 4.'>, 5.3. and 5.4 

 pounds. In general these birds were 



lighter than was desired and tended to 

 be too small all around and too high on 

 legs. There was also a decided ten- 

 dency for these birds to be too short in 

 body. Of the se\en pullets from this 

 mating all were white with some black 

 ticking and some black splashing and 

 occasionally a little brassiness. In 

 weight thev ranged as follows: ,^.7, >^.5, 

 3.8, 3.8. 4, '3. 2, and 4 pounds. 



Four pullets had white ear lobes, two 

 nearly white and one nearly red. Four 

 had \ellowish white legs, one white legs 

 and two yellow legs. I*"i\e pullets had 

 four toes on each foot, one had four toes 

 on one foot and h\e on the other, and 

 one had hve toes on each foot. In gen- 

 eral these fi'males were too sln)rt and 

 loo small all aroimd but were (|uite 

 good so lar as length ol leg was con- 



