1886.] Family Likeness in Eye-colour. 411 



Table IY — continued. 





Eye-colours of the 







Number of the light eye- 

 coloured children. 















Total 

 child- 

 ren. 











Parents. 



Grandparents. 



Ob- 



Children. 



Light. 



Hazel. 



Dark. 



Light. 



Hazel. 



Dark. 





served. 





II. 



III. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



i' 

 l 

 i 

 i 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 2 

 1 



2 

 2 



1 

 1 

 3 

 1 



1 

 2 

 1 



i' 



T 



4 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 



2 



i 

 i 

 i 

 i 

 i 

 i 

 i 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 3 



9 

 11 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 9 

 6 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 10 

 14 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 9 

 13 

 7 



9 

 11 

 6 

 4 

 5 

 7 

 6 

 9 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 9 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 8 

 2 



7- 



8- 6 

 4-7 

 4-7 



6- 2 



7- 

 4-7 

 7-8 

 7-0 



6- 2 

 4-1 

 35 

 4-1 

 4-6 



4 6 

 4-6 



5 2 

 5*2 

 3'5 

 3*5 



4- 6 



5- 8 

 8'1 

 4-1 

 41 

 4-1 

 4'6 

 4-6 

 35 

 4-8 



7- 

 10-1 



55 



6-9 

 8-5 

 3-4 



3- 4 



4- 6 



5- 1 



4- 

 6 7 



5- 5 

 4-1 

 6 2 



4- 4 



5- 1 

 5*8 

 5-8 



5- 8 



6- 6 

 6-6 

 3 4 

 34 

 4-6 

 5 7 

 8-0 

 4-7 

 4-3 

 3-6 

 33 



•3-3 

 21 



3- 4 

 6-0 

 5*3 



4- 6 



5- 7 



6- 9 

 41 

 4-1 

 5 5 



6- 2 



4- 4 



7- 4 



6- 8 



5- 3 

 4-8 



3- 7 



4- 3 

 4-9 

 4-9 



4- 9 



5- 5 

 5-5 

 3-2 



3- 2 



4- 2 

 53 



7- 4 

 4-1 

 3-9 

 3-5 

 3-6 



3- 6 

 2-6 

 2-6 



4- 4 

 4-7 

 34 



It will be noticed that I have not printed the number of dark-eyed 

 children in either of these tables. They are implicitly given, aDd 

 instantly to be found by subtracting the number of light-e} r ed 

 children from the total number of children. Nothing would have 

 been gained by their insertion, while compactness would have been 

 sacrificed. 



The entries in the tables are classified, as I said, according to the 

 various combinations of light, hazel, and dark eye-colours in the parents 

 and grandparents. There are 6 different possible combinations among 



