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The KiNNAiiiD Yellows. 



But for the presence of the 8 brindles — which colour is unsatisfactory 

 as regards registration — these columns might almost be taken as proof tliat 

 yellow is the iiybrid of red and dun. But there is one striking circum- 

 stance in connexion with them, namely, that the duns are all registered 

 not as duns but as light duns. Is it possible there may be two duns, 

 each with a different constitution ? 



The point may be elucidated by the following table, which sliows all 

 the dun and light dun matings found on a search through vols. iii. to xv. 

 In this connexion it must be remembered that, the practice of dis- 

 tinguishing the light duns from the duns being only comparatively recent, 

 many of the duns may be light duns, althougli it is probable tliat tlie 

 light duns entered as such are really such. 



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 From this table it is quite clear that dun and light dun are different : 

 dun having some connexion with black, and light dun having none. The 

 suggestion from the Kinnaird 3'ellows, that yellow is the hybrid of red and 

 light dun, is borne out by columns 8 and 10. The discrepancies are few and 

 explicable on tlie double ground of error of description and the likeness 

 of the hybrid to either parent race. The entries in the last tliree volumes 

 of the "Herd Book" are still more conclusive, though few. Red by light 



