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FIRST GENERATION OFFSPRING FROM PARENTS SHOWN IN FIGURES 1 AND 2 



This litter is the result of a mating of the high grade wild star male shown in Fig. 1 with the 

 mutant female shown in Fig. 2. All three-one male and two females — possess rather high grade 

 color markings. One female died before maturity; the other two of the litter were mated during 

 the following year and produced a litter of seven females — six black and one white. The mother 

 killed her young but important data had been secured relative to the genetic variations. (Fig. 6.) 



A LITTER OF EXTREMELY HIGH GRADE YOUNG SKUNKS 



The white female (mutant c) shown in Fig. 5 is the mother of this litter. The other parent was 

 a very high grade wild male. Note the extreme high grades in the offspring. "Such a uniformly 

 high grade litter from a high grade male by a female of unknown pattern factors, probably indi- 

 cates the germinal nature of the variations in pattern and gives some assurance of producing a 

 high grade race through selection." The white animal in this picture is the mounted specimen 

 shown in Fig. 4. (Fig. 7.) 



