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whom I have obtained several specimens of both varieties, has been 

 kind enough to give me his experience of breeding them. He has 

 known whites to be produced from the mating of two Barbaries but 

 never Barbaries from the mating of two whites. He has been in the 

 habit of crossing the two varieties, the cross usually made being that of 

 a Barbary ^ x White ^, and has obtained young of both varieties from 

 such a cross. He has noticed that Barbary young mature much quicker 

 than do white young. This has also been my own experience. 



It was my original intention to use only the wild Turtle Doves and 

 the White Java Doves, but they were found not to breed readily 

 together, and only a small number of offspring were obtained from each 

 pair. On referring to Table VII it will be seen that in Exps. 79 — 82 

 only two or three young were obtained from the pairs, whilst in 



TABLE VII. 



I. Matings of Turtle Dofxs and White Java Doves. 



(a) White ? x Dark <f . 



Offspring 



II. 



ExpL 

 Na 



85 



86 



87 



88 



Matings of Barbary Doves and White Java Doves. 

 (a) White ? x Dark s . 



Female 

 White, No. 1068 

 White (no number) 

 White, No. 29 

 White (no number) 



Hale 

 Barbary, No. 1293 

 Barbary (no number) 

 Barbary, No. 1069 

 Barbary, No. 1061 



Dark 

 Male 



2 



5 



1 



3 



Offspring 



Dark 

 Female 



5 

 2 

 4 

 1 



WUte 

 Male 



White 

 Female 



89 Barbary, No. 45 



90 Barbary, No. 2016 



91 Barbary, No. 2015 



(b) Dark ? x White s . 



White, No. 1893 10 



White, No. 45 4 



White, No. 2043 4 



