22 INHEBITANCE OF CHARACTERISTICS IN DOMESTIC FOWL. 



Table 13. — Distribution of toe-numbers in the offspring of DR X B matings. 



A. HOUDAN CROSSES. 



Serial 

 No. 



Mother. 



No. 



of 



pen. 



519a 

 671 



No. 



87 

 742 



Haces involved. 



Houd. X Wh. Legh. . . 4-5 

 Min. X Dk. Brah 4-4 



No. 



of 



toes. 



Father. 



No. 



71 

 352 



Races involved. 



Wh. Legh 4-4 



Houd. X Dk. Brah ... 4-4 



No. 



of 



toes. 



Totals (37) 25 



Offspring. 



4-4 

 toes. 



17 

 8 



4-5 

 toes. 



5-5 

 toes. 



4-6 

 toes. 



Average 



num. of 



toes per 



bird. 



8.6 

 8.5 



8.64 



B. SILKIE CROSSES. 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



Wh. Legh 



...Do 



...Do 



Frizzle XSilkie. 



Wh. Legh 



...Do 



...Do 



Buff Legh 



...Do 



Frizzle XSilkie. 



Wh. Legh 



...Do 



Buff Legh 



Silkie X Spanish 



Blk. Game XSilkie. 

 ....Do 



Frizzle 



Blk. Game XSilkie. 



Silkie X Spanish 



....Do 



Blk. Game XSilkie. 



Silkie X Spanish 



Frizzle 



Silkie X Spanish. ... 



....Do 



....Do 



5-5 

 5-5 

 5-5 

 4-4 

 5-5 

 5-5 

 5-5 

 5-5 

 5-5 

 4-4 

 5-5 

 6-5 

 6-5 



Totals (179). 



4 



10 



7 



15 



11 



6 



18 



7 



3 



23 



5 



6 



6 



120 



10 



48 



9.00 

 9.00 

 8.83 

 8.77 

 8.77 

 8.67 

 8.63 

 8.44 

 8.25 

 8.22 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



8.60 



Table 14. — Distribution of toe-numbers in the offspring of DB X D matings. 



Table 15. — Percentages of the various types of toes in F^, P^, DB X B, and DB X D matings of the 



polydadyl crosses compared. 



