CROSSES OF JAPANESE TURTLE-DOVES \\IT.I MI.OM, AM, u.in,. K, N,.-,M ,\ ,.,. 77 



TABLE 39. 



cf T. orientalie (35) (continued); alive; 12J+ yr. 



9 St. alba (8) (continued). 

 A 1. 3/22/12; dark; deserted eggs. 

 A 2. 3/24/12; dark! deserted egg s . 4/19 = dark: d -P*<"<l 



B 1. 4/1; analysis. p ^ /< 



B 2. 4/3; analysis; broken. 





3; analyaia. 

 , , - ,.-,. analy!1J!j 



J 1. 7/6; analysis. 

 J2. 7/8; analysis. 



? cf L- 8/3 .............. dark .......... 875 ................ alive 2/1/17 ............... ..... M+ mo . 



9 M 1. 8/25 ............. dark .......... 870 ................ alive 2/1/17 . . 



?cf M 2. 8/27 ............. dark .......... 824 ................ alive 2/1/17 ................ .... 



9 N. 9/3 .............. dark .......... 810 ................ alive 2/1/17 ..................... .53+ mo . 



O. 9/25; analysis. 



9 P 1- 10/7 ............. dark .......... 812 ................ alive 2/1/17 . . 



P 2. 10/8; broken; laid prematurely. jj ) 



TABLE 40. 

 9 St. alba till 4/17. 



cf T. orientals (35) (cont., 4/17 till 9/20/13); alivr, l-'J+yr. 

 9 St. alba (649); (purity?) ; died 10/1/13. 



9 649from dealer January 31, 1913; was then a young bird 4 toSmo. cf 35 KIVPII April 17, 191.1. No. 649 

 female mated with another St. alba male till April 17, 1913. 



A 1. 3/21/13; not tested. cfD 1. 5/21/13 dark . 7M . .alive 1! I 17 



A 2. 3/23/13; not tested. D 2. 5/23/13; broken. 



B 1. 4/1; not tested. 9 E 1. 5/29 dark 703 alive. 2/1/17. 



B 2. 4/3; not tested. 9 E 2. 5/31 dark 7.':, : ,liv<- J 1 17. 



C 1. 4/10; fertile; broken? 3 day embryo. 9 F 1. 6/6 dark 7JS alive J 1 17. 



C 2. 4/12; not tested. cf F 2. 6/8 dark 7'.i-> , .. lUre] I 17. 



9G 1. 6/14 dark 797 dead I/". It 7 mo. 



cfG2. 6/10 dark 717 dead 12/10/13 C, mo. 



, , ,/H 1. 6/22 dark 754 /one, a cT, alive 4/1/15. .. ..21+ mo. 



3 "\H2. 6/24 dark 782 \other stolen 8/1:: 13, 



cf I 1. 6/30 dark 721 alive 2/1/17 mo. 



912. 7/2 dark 758 alive 2/1/17 ... .43+ inn. 



cf J 1. 7/10 dark 796 alive 2 1/17 13+ inn. 



J 2. 7/12; slightly broken; 8 day embryo. 



K. 7/21; not tested. 



9 St. ? alba (772); given ' 6/16/14 (origin uncertain; probably not pure alba"). 



9 J 1. 8/2/14 dark 61 alivr ^'117 0+ mo. 



cf J2. 8/4/14 .dark 81 alive 2/1/17 30+ mo. 



K 1. 8/16; no development. 2 

 ?K2. 8/18 dark 113 (crippled) dead 10/18/14 2 mo. (had no sox-glands). > (O. R.) 



1 From October 1, 1913, to June 16, 1914, this male (35) was kept \vth a St. alba thought to be a female, but which proved 

 to be a male. After June 10, 1914, male No. 35 was given S(. alba No. 77.', which had already product-.! 1"* eggs during I'.U-l 



( )nc of 4 eggs since laid proved infertile with this male and one that hatched gave a weak, crippled (leg) bird, dead at '2 months. 

 with no visible trace of a gonad ! 



2 Female 772, the mother of these young, dead of tuberculosis November 23, 1914. 



' None of the tested earlier eggs of this female were wholly infertile, though 1 formed only an 8-day embryo, 1 died while 

 hatching, and 2 were aided in breaking the shell. 



