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TAIU.I. i:;i.. 



I' air 1. 



"' K Ha nil,;, h.\b. (H ll; :; II (IS; 1/30/10 (I ul ,el . -III. .Ms) ; very light. 1,1. .11.1 color. 



V SI. d.mraca (imported) 1!)I)S; 5/17/10 (tulT<-ulois) ; dnrk.T color. 



\A I. .. ', U'.i Ill) 1 ,l:irk. 



1A2. .". -".i on Hi):.' dark (thee egg* laid while mated to a pur ritorio). 



Pair 2. 



A o" St. risoria ' (82) (imp. 1!H)S) was given 2 is '10; alive 7/5/1 1 ; blond color. 



A 1. 2/27/10; *hell weak, broken. 1. .} '(); failed ti, hatcli. 



A L'. :i/l/10; shell weak, broken. 9 U. 4/8; RD '.); light l.lond; 7, L' 1 lit. 



Pair 3. 



Another 9 St. douraea yiven May. 11110 (untan.; when nr whether di-ad not known). 

 9 A 1. 6/1/10 ...... RD 10 ..... liKht blond ....................... dead 6/4/11 . . . . 12 mo. 



. . . . . 



9 A 2. 0/3/10 ...... Ill) 11 ..... light blond ....................... dead 5/24/12 ...................... 24 mo. 



B 1. 7/17 ........ Ill) 12 ..... linht urayisl) blond ................ dead or disappeared be 'fore 2/5/11. 



-I'M 2. 7/1!) ........ RD 13 ..... lifilit firayi.-h blond ............... killed 10/23/13 ................... 39+ mo. 



cfC 1. 8/26 ........ RD 14 ..... liuht grayish blond ................ killed 10/23/13 ............ . .38+ mo. 



cfC2. 8/28 ........ RD 15 ..... li K ht grayish blond ............... dead 9/18/14 ...................... 4!) mo. 



(P12, XX 11) 

 1 This bird was probably contaminated with SI. alba, though imported as pure blond. EDITOR. 



TABLE 137. Results of mating risoria-alba X douraea hybrids inter se. 



Pair 1. 



'' Kisoria-albaX douraea hyb. (3); 11/17/12; brother; dark. 

 9 Risoria-alba X douraea hyb. (8); 9/3/12; sister; white-. 



-VI. 3/10/10; white; full term embryo. 1 , o D 1. 7/23 ____ HI) it I) ____ dark\5/26/13 d". 



A2. 3/12/10; white; full term embryo. y D 2. 7/25. .. .RD 3-D. .. .darkJii/25/13 9. 



B 1. 5/20; some development. 9 E 1. 9/19 ____ RD 3-E ____ white; dead 2/17 11. 



B L'. 5/22; tome development. E 2. 9/21; no development. 



C 1. 6/10; some development. 9 F 1. 10/9; dark; dead 11/26/13. 



( ' 2. 6/12; some development. cf>F 2. 10/11; white; dead 11/16/11. 



Pair 3. 



C?_Kisoria alba X dnuraca hyb. (7); 10/9/0!); 4/20/12; brother; very dark. 

 Hisoria alba X douraea hyb. (6); 8/12/09; 7/10/12; sister; white. 



A 1. 3/7/10; developed, failed to priek shell; complexion light. 

 A 2. 3/9/10; developed, pricked shell, failed; complexion dark. 



B 1. 5/12 RD7-B dark, disappeared before 11/4/13. 



9B2. 5/14 RD7-B lighter .. ,10,2s .11 17J mo. 



, .gC 1- 7/5 RD7-C dark \oncdead 8/7/11 13 mo. 



C2. 7/7 RD7-C lighter/one before 11/4/13 ? mo. 



(?D 1. 8/20 RD7-D lighter. . 3/15/13 31 mo. 



I) 2. 8/22 RD7-D dark probably died early. 



Kl. 10/10 RD7-K light risoria 11/8/10 (cold). 



E2. 10/12 RD7-E light risoria 11/7/10 (cold). 



1 This clutch was deserted. 

 BLOND AND WHITE RINGS CROSSED WITH RED RINGS. 



The red ring-dove (St. humilis) is a much darker bird than the blond ring. It 

 has a pronounced vinous-reddish cast, and the unfeathered youn.u have a decidedly 

 dark complexion. An adult male and a juvenal male arc figured in pi. 21. In 



