MATING AXD SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK 



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FEMALE PIGEON 

 1. — Two small eggs with the ovary. 

 2. — Two eggs a triflle smaller than the above. 

 .3. — Two that are about ready to enter the oviduct. 

 4. — Oviduct. 



5. — Egg almost ready to be released. 



fi. — lOxiended vent bones, showing the great distance betwvien 

 them compared to the male bird. 



