The Making of Species 



her front grew from the top and right to the front 

 of her wattle, and not from slightly behind, as in 

 almost every other turbit of her day ; thus, as 

 the wattle developed and grew coarser, the front 

 became more developed, and made her head 

 larger without in any way spoiling the sweep of 

 the profile. 



" The same year ' Ladybird ' was bred I bred 

 eight others from the same pair, and with one 

 exception all turned out to be hens. There was 

 only one other hen, however (a dun), that had 

 this same point, but in a lesser degree than 

 ' Ladybird,' and from these two hens nearly all 

 my blacks, and several of my blues are de- 

 scended." 



Mr Scatliff, having " spotted " this point, 

 looked about him for another bird having the 

 peculiarity, with the object, if possible, of fixing 

 the same in his strain. He discovered this point 

 in a pigeon belonging to Mr Johnston of Hull, 

 and purchased the bird for 20. But it died in 

 the following spring without producing for Mr 

 Scatliff a single young one. The next year 

 Scatliff found that a bird belonging to a Mr 

 Brannam had the required peculiarity and so 

 purchased him for 20. But that cock, too, died 

 before anything was bred from him. Nothing 

 daunted, Scatliff found that another of Brannam's 

 cocks displayed the same peculiarity, so purchased 

 him in 1899 for ^15, but he also died before the 



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