IV 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 



Remarks cm the Characteristics 39 



I. General Plumage Color, 39 ; 

 2. Earlobe Color, 39 ; 3. Vul- 

 ture Hock, 39. 



Material 39 



Results 40 



i. General Plumage Color, 40 ; 2. 

 Earlobe Color, 40 ; 3. Vulture 

 Hock, 40 ; 4. Foot Feathering, 

 40. 



Conclusions 40 



Series VIII. White Leghorn Bantam and 



Buff Cochin Bautam 40 



Statement of Problem 40 



The Races as a Whole 40 



Table of Characteristics 41 



Remarks on the Characteristics 41 



i. General Plumage Color 41 



Material 42 



Results 42 



i. General Plumage Color, 42 ; 2. 

 Earlobe Color, 43 ; 3. Vulture 

 Hock, 43; 4. Foot Feathering, 43. 



Conclusions 43 



Series IX. Tosa Fowl (Yokohama) and 



White Cochin Bantam.... . 43 



Statement of Problem 43 



The Races as a Whole 43 



Table of Characteristics 44 



Remarks on the Characteristics 44 



i. General Plumage Color, 44 ; 

 2. Tail, 44; 3. Foot Feather- 

 ing, 48 ; 4. Foot Color, 48. 



Material 48 



Results 49 



i. General Plumage Color, 49 ; 

 2. Tail Length, 49 ; 3. Foot 

 Feathering, 50 ; 4. Foot Color, 

 50 ; 5. Correlation of Character- 

 istics, 51. 



Conclusions 51 



Series X. Dark Brahma and Tosa Fowl 51 



Statement of Problem 51 



The Races as a Whole 51 



Table of Characteristics 52 



Remarks on the Characteristics 52 



i. Shafting, 52 ; 2. Hackle Lac- 

 i"K. 52; 3- Body Lacing, 52; 

 4. Penciling, 53; 5. Red Wing- 

 Bar, 53 ; 6. White Wing-Bows, 

 53 ; 8. White Earlobe, 53 ; 9. 

 Iris Color, 53. 



Material 53 



Results 54 



i. Shafting, 54 ; 2. Hackle Lac- 

 ing, 54 ; 3- Body Lacing, 54 ; 

 4. Peuciling, 54 ; 5. Red Wing- 

 Bar, 54 ; 6. White Wing-Bow, 

 54; 7- Comb, 54; 8. Earlobe 

 Color, 54 ; 9. Iris Color, 54 ; 

 10. Foot Color, 54; n. Vulture 

 Hock, 54 ; 12. Foot Feathering, 

 55 ; 13. Tail Feathers, 55. 



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Conclusions 55 



Method of Inheritance, 55 ; Sex in 

 Inheritance, 55. 



Series XI. Frizzle and Silky 55 



Statement of Problem 55 



The Kaces as a Whole , 55 



Table of Characteristics 57 



Remarks on the Characteristics 57 



i. Plumage Color, 57 ; 2. Comb 

 Form, 57; 3-5. Feather Form, 

 57 ; 6. Number of Toes, 59 ; 7. 

 Skin Color, 59. 



Material 59 



Results 59 



i. Plumage Color, 59 ; 2. Comb, 

 59 ; 3-5- Curving of Shaft, Barb 

 Length, and Barb Form, 59; 

 6. Number of Toes, 60 ; 7. Skin 

 Color, 60 ; 8. Crest, 60. 



Conclusions 60 



Series XII. Single-comb White Leghorn 

 Bantam and Black-breasted Red Rump- 

 less Game 61 



Statement of Problem 61 



The Races as a Whole 61 



Table of Characteristics 61 



Remarks on the Characteristics 61 



4. Uropygium 61 



Material 62 



Results 62 



i. General Plumage Color, 62 ; 2. 

 Beak Color, 63; 3. Uropygium, 

 63 ; 4. Foot Color, 63. 



Conclusions 63 



Series XIII. Black Cochin Bantam and 



Black-breasted RedRumpless Game 63 



Statement of Problem 63 



The Races as a Whole 63 



Table of Characteristics 63 



Material 63 



Results 64 



i. General Plumage Color, 64; 2. 

 Uropygium, 64; 3. Iris Color, 

 64 ; 4. Vulture Hock, 64 ; 5. Foot 

 Feathering, 64. 



Conclusions 64 



D. General Discussion 65 



Inheritance of Particular Characteristics... 65 



Comb Form 65 



Nostril Form 68 



Cerebral Hernia 69 



Crest 69 



Whiskers, or Muff. 70 



Beard 70 



Feather Form 70 



Uropygium 71 



Tail-Length 71 



Vulture Hock 71 



Foot Feathering 72 



Extra Toes 72 



Skin Color 73 



Mandible Color 74 



Foot Color 74 



