kiva_.

In the following Table II. in the two first columns we see in inches
and decimals the length of the sternum, and the extreme depth of its
crest to which the pectoral muscles are attached. In the third column
we have the calculated depth of the crest, relatively to the length of
the sternum, in comparison with these same parts in _G. bankiva_.[435]

TABLE II.

+-----------------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+
| | | | Depth of Crest,|
| | | | relatively to |
| | Length | Depth of | the length of |
| Names of Breeds. | of | Crest | the Sternum in |
| | Sternum. | of Sternum.| comparison with|
| | | | G. bankiva. |
+--+--------------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+
| | | Inches. | Inches. | |
| |Gallus bankiva male | 4.20 | 1.40 | 100 |
| 1|Cochin male | 5.83 | 1.55 | 78 |
| 2|Dorking male | 6.95 | 1.97 | 84 |
| 3|Spanish male | 6.10 | 1.83 | 90 |
| 4|Polish male | 5.07 | 1.50 | 87 |
| 5|Game male | 5.55 | 1.55 | 81 |
| 6|Malay female | 5.10 | 1.50 | 87 |
| 7|Sultan male | 4.47 | 1.36 | 90 |
| 8|Frizzled hen male | 4.25 | 1.20 | 84 |
| 9|Burmese Jumper female | 3.06 | 0.85 | 81 |
|10|Hamburgh male | 5.08 | 1.40 | 81 |
|11|Hamburgh female | 4.55 | 1.26 | 81 |
|12|Silk fowl female | 4.49 | 1.01 | 66 |
+--+--------------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+

By looking to the third column we see that in every case the depth of
the crest relatively to the length of the sternum, in comparison with
_G. bankiva_, is diminished, generally between 10 and 20 per cent. But
the degree of reduction varies much, partly in consequence of the
frequently deformed state