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color is due to the presence on the feathers of more buff and less 

 black than occurs in the Rouens as I have bred them. The 

 most striking point about the females is that in respect to a given 

 character they can be divided into two classes, viz., those with 

 and those without the character. Some characters, e. g., neck 

 ring, are present or absent in the female irrespective of the direc- 

 tion in which the cross was made. But the data at hand are 

 insufficient to make a statement of any value regarding other 

 characters studied. The important point at present is the 

 existance of two classes of females, in respect to certain characters, 

 while the males all fall into one class. Thus, while all the males 

 have broad neck rings, only part of the Fi females have any 

 ring at all. Two of the females lack the head stripes (fig. 4B). 

 In addition, there are the two black females. There appear 



TABLE 1 

 FI pigmented males 



1 The difference in numbers is due to the lack of records on one male recorded 

 simply as "like Rouen drake." 2 With much white. 3 Pigmented. 4 Ob- 

 scured. B Pure white. 6 Absent. 7 Black. 8 The chin spot is a small 

 white spot at the base of the lower mandible. Among the pure Rouens I have seen 

 it only in the males. 9 Black and orange. 



