The Making of Species 
her front grew from the top and right to the front 
of her wattle, and not from slightly behind, as in 
almost every other turbit of her day; thus, as 
the wattle developed and grew coarser, the front 
became more developed, and made her head 
larger without in any way spoiling the sweep of 
the profile. 
“The same year ‘ Ladybird’ was bred I bred 
eight others from the same pair, and with one 
exception all turned out to be hens. There was 
only one other hen, however (a dun), that had 
this same point, but in a lesser degree than 
‘Ladybird,’ and from these two hens nearly all 
my blacks, and several of my blues are de- 
scended.” 
Mr Scatliff, having “spotted” this point, 
looked about him for another bird having the 
peculiarity, with the object, if possible, of fixing 
the same in his strain. He discovered this point 
in a pigeon belonging to Mr Johnston of Hull, 
and purchased the bird for £20. But it died in 
the following spring without producing for Mr 
Scatliff a single young one. The next year 
Scatliff found that a bird belonging to a Mr 
Brannam had the required peculiarity and so 
purchased him for £20. But that cock, too, died 
before anything was bred from him. Nothing 
daunted, Scatliff found that another of Brannam’s 
cocks displayed the same peculiarity, so purchased 
him in 1899 for £15, but he also died before the 
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