TABLE 23.--_Ancestry of syndactyl fowl and the results of various matings involving syndactylism._ [Abbreviations: _Ab_α, _Ab_β, etc., types of syndactylism (p. 32); F, father; FF, father's father; FM, father's mother; M, mother; MF, mother's father; MM, mother's mother; M × P, hybrid of Minorca and Polish races; Synd., syndactyl (type unknown). f, foot. In Nos. 24 to 42 two cocks (Nos. 242 and 3116, and 5399 and 4562, respectively) were at different times used.] +-----------+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------++-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | First mating. || Second mating. | | | +-------------------------------------+-----------------------++--------------------------------------------+---------------+------------+ | | | Ancestry. | Offspring. || Ancestry. | Offspring. | Average | | Serial | Pen +-----+--------+-------+-----+--------+--------+--------------++-----+--------+-------+-----+--------+------+---------------+ per | | No. | No. | M's | | | F's | | | Syndactyl. || M's | | | F's | | | Syndactyl. | cent | | | | No. | MM. | MF. | No. | FM. | FF. +----+---+-----+| No. | MM. | MF. | No. | FM. | FF. +----+----+-----+ syndactyl. | | | | | | | | | |2f. |1f.| 0f. || | | | | | | 2f.| 1f.| 0f. | | +-----------+-----+-----+--------+-------+-----+--------+--------+----+---+-----++-----+--------+-------+-----+--------+------+----+----+-----+------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | 1_a_, _b_ | 627 | 302 | [1]121 | [2]8A | 180 | [1]121 | [2]8A | 0 | 0 | 34 || 302 | [1]121 | [2]8A | 242 | [1]121 |[2]8A | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | | 2_a_, _b_ | 627 | 280 | 121 | 8A | 180 | 121 | 8A | 0 | 0 | 23 || 280 | 121 | 8A | 242 | 121 | 8A | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | | 3_a_, _b_ | 627 | 181 | 121 | 8A | 180 | 121 | 8A | 0 | 0 | 20 || 181 | 121 | 8A | 242 | 121 | 8A | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 | | 4_a_, _b_ | 627 | 354 | 121 | 8A | 180 | 121 | 8A | 0 | 0 | 24 || 354 | 121 | 8A | 242 | 121 | 8A | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2.6 | | 5_a_, _b_ | 627 | 178 | 121 | 8A | 180 | 121 | 8A | 0 | 0 | 20 || 178 | 121 | 8A | 242 | 121 | 8A | 0 | 0 | 42 | .. |