Wilson — The Inheritance of the Dun Coat- Colour in Horses. 199 



namely, Nutmeg,^ cream, by Woodman, chestnut, out of Meg, cream; ami 



Maev,^ cream, by a chestnut horse, out of Baby, dun — place cream somewhere 



between dun and chestnut; but the remaining data carry us no farther; and 



there the question must remain for the present. 



In the foregoing arguments concerning dun, the gametic composition of 



well-known animals has been chiefly relied upon. The argument from 



statistics could also have been used ; but these are small. The following is 



an abstract of them, the Clare Island data not included. Cases the least 



doubtful are treated as entirely so. For instance, the foals of the filly by 



Young Cade out of Miss Thigh, which was registered as grey, but bred like 



a bay, are put in tlie column for cases in which the colour of one parent is 



unknown. 



Abstract of Dun Matings. 



'Vol. i, p. 90. 2Vol. vi, p. 121. 



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