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INHERITANCE IN CANARIES. 

 Table 4. — Mottled X Mottled. 



[G, green; Y, yellow; M, mottled. 1 



* No. 5Scf i.s of YXY origin, but has a green nape, perhaps derived from the grreen crest of 

 its mother. 



Table 4 shows that mottled coloration yields, upon inbreeding, the 

 pure forms, yellow and green. 



Table ^.—Mottled X Self. 



[c^, male; ?, female.] 



♦Also one yellow. f Also one yellow (?) died very young. 



