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INHERITANCE IN CANARIES. 



Table i,.— Mottled X Mottled. 



[G, green; Y, yellow; M, mottled, 1 



* No. SSd" is of Y X Y origin, but has a green nape, perhaps derived from the green crest of 

 its mother. 



Table 4 shows that mottled coloration yields, upon inbreeding, the 

 pure forms, yellow and green. 



Table S.—Mo tiled X Self. 



[c?, male; 9, female.] 



♦ Also one yellow. fAlso one yellow (?) died very young. 



