Initiative in Evolution

by Walter Kidd

Fig. 14 is a common type of whorl, feathering and crest in the most usual situation. Fig. 15 a rarer and more complicated instance of a simple whorl, a gap and then a whorl, feathering and crest in the same “critical area.”

Fig. 16.—Side of Neck of Horse.

Near side (W¹F¹C¹) showing whorl, fea­ther­ing and crest along up­per line of di­vi­sion (W²F²C²) a sec­ond fully-formed whorl, fea­ther­ing and crest, cross­ing both up­per and lower lines of di­vi­sion, and end­ing at W¹. Grey pony, exam­ined 23rd May, 1903.

Fig. 17.—Side of Neck of Horse.

Near side (W¹F¹C¹) whorl, fea­ther­ing and crest, fully-formed, cut­ting up­per line of di­vi­sion at ob­tuse angle and a sec­ond whorl, fea­ther­ing and crest (W²F²C²) along an­ter­ior part of com­mon line of di­vi­sion. Roan hack­ney, exam­ined 7th November, 1903.