liAURKl.) i'LYMOUTH ROCKS 



109 



colored Dominique fowl. This is in line witli the now I'cnown inheri- 

 tance of tlic factor for harrin;;-. 



While tiie barred bird is black and white — so are the mottled bird, 

 the silver-laccd and the siKer penciled primarii)- black and white; and 

 when black and white are crossed together, the plumage of the 

 progeny does not dexelop the barred color pattern unless the birds 

 have inherited a factor for this pattern. 



^\'ith the hawk-colored fowl as an ancestor of the breed, the tend- 

 ency to barring was present. It is impossible to go beyond this and 



Well proportioned Barred Plymouth Rock male with even, clear- 

 cut, straight-across the feather barring. Bred by E. B. Thompson, 

 Amenia, New York. 



