H. Onslow 



189 



Melanic x Type. 

 \PR X RR\ 



Imafpnns 



Parentage 



Melanic 



Type 



The actual ratio of type to melanic in the above crosses is very close 

 to equality, there being a slight excess of melanics. 



The type parents of families '17 B, '17 E and '17 G, as may be seen 

 from the genealogical table, all come from the Dorking strain. In the 

 following year the type parent of '18 (r is extracted from melanics, but 

 in the other families the type parents come from the wild New Forest 

 strains. The </ parent of '18 Q was exceptionally pale, and is shown on 

 PI. VI, fig. 8. All the type offspring of this family were appreciably 

 lighter than those from others ; and they had a much richer and some- 

 what golden colour. Not one of them, however, was as pale as their 

 father. 



A few pairings were also made by mating together types obtained in 

 different ways, and the results were as follows : 



Totals 



579 



