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THE AMEBIC AN NATURALIST [Vol. XL VII 



Of the Fj females employed in 1911, 201 G was a nearly 

 pure white bird but showed a few splashes of black in the 

 saddle feathers and wing coverts. Hen 201 L was hatched 

 with a large patch of black down on the back, but even- 

 tually became a pure white bird. Hen 202 G showed 

 many black splashed feathers on back and wings, while 

 211 B and 211 V had a small amount of black ticking. 

 Hen 211 K was almost pure white. 



The results of these matings showed blacks, grays, 

 whites, splashed whites and barred birds. The blacks 

 possessed as good color as in the original parent stock; 

 the grays appeared as dilute blacks. Some of the whites 

 were pure whites while others showed black ticking. 

 The splashed individuals showed many grades, some 

 being heavily splashed, some slightly. In the barred 

 birds the barring covered the entire body. It was often 

 indistinct, owing to the dark under color, which was never 

 so light as in pure-bred Barred Plymouth Rocks. The 

 barring appeared to correspond fairly well, however, 

 with the barring depicted in early illustrations of years 



