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Shape 

 index 



Round Round Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 U) (2) 



FlG. 13. MEAN SHAPE CHARACTERS OF SIRES, DAMS, AND PROGENY IN ALL MATINGS 



The figures in parenthesis designate the numbers of birds available for the respective calculations 



Round Long Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (3) (9) 



Long Round Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (10) (26) 



Long Long Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (16) (46) 



Color 



Brown White Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (27) (70) 



White Brown Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (12) (30) 



Brown Prown Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (33) (70) 



White White Prog- 

 sire dam eny 

 (27) (29) 



FlG. 14. MEAN COLOR CHARACTERS OF SIRES, DAMS, AND PROGENY IN ALL MATINGS 



The figures in parenthesis designate the numbers of birds available for the respective calculations 



It is seen in figures 12 to 14 that in every instance in which one 

 extreme character has been mated with another, the progeny have dis- 



