SEX. 



SOT 



TABLE SHOWING THE FECUNDITY OP IRISH MARRIAGES PROM 1830 TO 

 1841. (Continued.] 



When the parents are of equal age, of 509,913 children there 



are 105 males to 100 females. 

 When the father is older than the mother, of 419,052 children 



there are 106 males to 100 females. 

 When the mother is older than the father, of 48,481 children 



there are 104 to 100 females. 



With the exception of a few instances, where the 

 number of children is small, it will be observed that 

 the range of variation in the proportion of the sexes, 

 under the different conditions mentioned in the table, 

 is exceedingly small in comparison with the variations 

 in the preceding tables. 



M. Martegoute states that at the sheepfold of the 

 Dishley Mauchamp merinos of M. Yiallet, at Blanc, 

 the rams at the commencement of the rutting-season 

 got more males than females ; when the ewes came in 



