162 LOTSY AND KUIPER, A PRELIM. STATEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF MR. 
LF = legfeathering strong. 
(v) = slight elongation of the hockfeathers. 
y= moderates... oa 5 
v = real vulture hock. 
The absence of a letter concerning a character means the absence 
of the character. In this negative way are indicated: no crest, 
clean leg; no vulture hock. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Bankiva-Silky. 
P and F; 
Bankiva-Silky 
Silky-Bankiva 
Silky-Bankiva F2 
Plate I. 
Bankiva-female 201.13 mother of the first cross. 
Silky-male 446.1 father „ ,, second ,, 
Four specimens of the first cross : exp. 414. The 
whole breed of exp. 630. 
Plate II. 
Different types of F2 and F3 birds, all belonging 
to the offspring ofthe first cross (experiment 414). 
Plate III. 
Silky-female 431.1 (this specimen takes the place 
of no. | 4131 |, of which there is no good foto), 
Bankiva-male 201-7, the parents of the reciprocal 
cross and a good deal of the birds of the recipro- 
cal F; (experim. 413 and 624). 
Plate IV. 
Those of the reciprocal F2’s, we had a foto of, 
are figured here, inorder to give an idea of the 
variations in rose comb-structure, within this 
generation. 
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