wing-feathers, and consequent increased supply of nutriment. The wing-bones, however, in both these breeds, are found to be slightly reduced in length when judged by the standard of the length of the sternum or head, relatively to these same parts in _G. bankiva_. The actual weight of the main bones of the leg and wing in twelve breeds is given in the two first columns in the following table. The calculated weight of the wing-bones relatively to the leg-bones, in comparison with the leg and wing-bones of _G. bankiva_, are given in the third column,--the weight of the wing-bones in _G. bankiva_ being called a hundred.[433] TABLE I. +----------------------------------+---------+---------+----------------+ | | | | Weight of | | | Actual | Actual | Wingbones | | | Weight | Weight | relatively to | | Names of Breeds. | of | of | the Leg-bones, | | | Femur | Humerus | in comparison | | | and | and | with these | | | Tibia. | Ulna. | same bones in | | | Grains. | Grains. | G. bankiva. | +--+-------------------------------+---------+---------+----------------+ | |Gallus bankiva wild male | 86 | 54 | 100 | | 1|Cochin male | 311 | 162 | 83 | | 2|Dorking male | 557 | 248 | 70 | | 3|Spanish (Minorca) male | 386 | 183 | 75 | | 4|Gold Spangled Polish male | 306 | 145 | 75 | | 5|Game, black-breasted male | 293 | 143 | 77 | | 6|Malay female | 231 | 116 | 80 | | 7|Sultan male | 189 | 94 | 79 | | 8|Indian Frizzled male | 206 | 88 | 67 | | 9|Burmese Jumper female | 53 | 36 | 108 | |10|Hamburgh (pencilled) male | 157 | 104 | 106 | |11|Hamburgh (pencilled) female | 114 | 77 | 108 | |12|Silk (black-boned) female | 88 | 57 | 103 | +--+-------------------------------+---------+---------+----------------+ {272}