.1. K. DlKUDKN ITo 



the cxxjk HoiMUH u* exrriMHo moiuo inHucncc, t lu« phtMioinonon Immii^' H|M»k«'n 

 of a« Xonia {Jouni. Ifermiitt/, Vol. vi. No. T)). Thr divrrsr rlmra<t«ix of 

 the eggs of the northmi nml southern ostrich atVonl a ffo<M| test ca.s«- 

 of the }K>ssihility of Xenia occurring, hut from nom- of tho croHs-imitings 

 has atiy indimtion of the phfiioinenoii horn forthconiiii^. 



KgpsJ'rom Cross-bred Hens. In eross-hnd hens are naturally coiu- 

 biiUKl the jxxssihilities of both the northern and the southern parents, and 

 the characters of the e^^ lai<l hy them are just as mueh a part of the 

 make-up of the hini as are the nutre obvious body features. The (pies- 

 tion therefore arises whether the e^gs lai<l by cross-bn'd hens will follow 

 those of one |)Jirent or the other, or be somethini^' intermediate betwe«'n 

 the two. Scores of eggs laid by cross-bred hens have been examined at 

 the nest and in the incubator and in all cases have been found t<» b<- 



TABLE ill. 

 Mtotfuremtint^t of £</(/.<< oj" CronsJtrff/ Ostriclfx. 



Scries B 



10 5-94 o-OO 10 5-88 5 00 



Average 6-08 5-08 (rOO 5 02 



Series C 



Average 'yH\) 5 09 



12—2 



