Poultry breeding notebook '00 III 281-427' [1900 notebook III], May - Sep. 1900
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Scope and Contents
Laboratory notebook containing records for poultry breeding lines W 281-427 (birds which hatched between May and September 1900).
Entries for each bird include notes on colour, comb and other physical characteristics, state of health, and cause of death, etc. The entries for birds W 321 [pp. 41v-42r] and W 325 [page 45v] include drawings of foot deformities; that for bird W 335, marked ‘v. peculiar’, includes a full body sketch [page 55v]. Birds W 406 and W 409 are marked ‘kd [killed] by dog’ [pp. 128 and 131].
Dates
- Creation: May - Sep. 1900
Creator
- From the Fonds: Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (biologist) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Punnett, Reginald Crundall, 1875-1967 (geneticist) (Person)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (155 pp; remainder is blank) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Spine is damaged. 212 x 135 mm
Repository Details
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