+---------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | Black. | White. | Game. | | Pen No. +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | Observed. | Expected. | Observed. | Expected. | Observed. | Expected. | +---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | 709 | 119 | 116 | 55 | 51 | 31 | 38 | | 804 | 91 | 89 | 40 | 39 | 26 | 29 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Total. | 210 | 205 | 95 | 90 | 57 | 67 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ In the foregoing table there is given after each combination a letter: _N_ standing for black, the appearance of the soma; _G_ standing for Game-colored, and _W_ standing for white. No distinction is made between pure blacks and those that, while black as chicks, subsequently show some red in the male. Such a distinction was impracticable because most of the color determinations are made on the young chicks. It appears that in 16 progeny expectation is 9 black, 4 white, and 3 Game-colored. Actually 362 offspring were obtained, with the results shown in table 58. Nothing is more striking than to see the hens of this F2 generation with evidences of the female Game pattern (plate 6). Comparing observed results in the distribution of colors in the F2 generation with expectation, it is seen that the proportions are close, and this closeness of observation with expectation is evidence for the correctness of the hypothesis.