No. 613] INHERIT A XCE IX FAXTA1L PICEOX 11 



of the fantail and its peculiar shape. The tail is, how- 

 ever, often wedge-shaped instead of flat as in ordinary 

 birds. There were 28 birds with an even number of 



feathers and 13 with an odd number— a considerable pre- 

 ponderance of even number of feathers. Of the 41 in- 

 dividuals, 30 are included in the classes with 14, 15, 16 tail 

 feathers. 



