Abstract
THE writer has elsewhere presented a review of literature on the inheritance of size with particular reference to the domestic fowl (Lerner 1937). Most of the work recorded was based on body weight differences, a notable exception to this being the study made by Maw (1935). The latter used a number of skeletal measurements in crosses of Brahmas with Sebright Bantams and succeeded in demonstrating the existence of sex-linked factor differentials for length of bones in these breeds. Maw as well as Lerner and Asmundson (1932) in a similar study made measurements on prepared bones, dissected out from birds killed for this purpose.In the course of work on relative growth, the writer found it necessary to take shank measurements of live birds in successive stages of growth. Accordingly, Dr. B. R. Burmester designed a measuring device suitable to make these measurements. This device has been previously described (Burmester and .
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