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have received only one account,

hickens from a highly-bred

g eight years by Mr. Stretch,

females: i.e, as 94.7 to 100.

s there is fair good evidence that

excess or live live longest;

ms me, single males can

than females. Usually the two

laid in each the same nest nest consist of

r. Harrison Weir, who has been

he has often bred from the same

two hens: moreover the hen is

and is more liable to perish.

birds in the state of nature, Mr.

ced that the males are gen=

and as the young males of

males, the latter would naturally

erous. large numbers of pheas=

ker of Leadenhall, from eggs

he informs Mr. Jenner Weir that

female are generally produced.

[Descent 1: 306: "With respect to the Fowl, I have received only one account, namely, that out of 1001 chickens of a highly-bred stock of Cochins, reared during eight years by Mr. Stretch, 487 proved males and 514 females: i.e. as 94·7 to 100. In regard to domestic pigeons there is good evidence that the males are produced in excess, or that their lives are longer; for these birds invariably pair, and single males, as Mr. Tegetmeier informs me, can always be purchased cheaper than females. Usually the two birds reared from the two eggs laid in the same nest consist of a male and female; but Mr. Harrison Weir, who has been so large a breeder, says that he has often bred two cocks from the same nest, and seldom two hens; moreover the hen is generally the weaker of the two, and more liable to perish.
With respect to birds in a state of nature, Mr. Gould and others44 are convinced that the males are generally the more numerous; and as the young males of many species resemble the females, the latter would naturally appear to be the most numerous. Large numbers of pheasants are reared by Mr. Baker of Leadenhall from eggs laid by wild birds, and he informs Mr. Jenner Weir that four or five males to one female are generally produced."]