▁name ▁F allow ▁was ▁first ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁F allow ▁by ▁Herr ▁K ok em üller ▁after ▁Dr ▁Ste iner , ▁who ▁exam ined ▁some ▁German ▁F allow ▁fe athers ▁micro scop ically , ▁wrote ▁to ▁him , ▁" It ▁would ▁be ▁better ▁to ▁describe ▁this ▁form ▁as ▁the ▁fall ow ▁Bud ger ig ar ▁rather ▁than ▁c inn am on ." ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁believed ▁that ▁Dr ▁Ste iner ▁used ▁the ▁word ▁by ▁anal ogy ▁with ▁fall ow ▁or ▁und e velop ed ▁land , ▁to ▁mean ▁the ▁mel an in ▁p ig ment ▁was ▁und e velop ed , ▁but ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁meaning ▁for ▁' f allow ' ▁( and ▁also ▁for ▁its ▁German ▁equivalent ) ▁is ▁' p ale ▁yellow ' ▁or ▁' light ▁brown ', ▁it ▁seems ▁far ▁more ▁likely ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁this ▁meaning ▁that ▁was ▁intended . ▁When ▁the ▁English ▁F allow ▁appeared ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁it ▁was ▁so ▁similar ▁in ▁appearance ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁F allow ▁that ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁they ▁were ▁both ▁called ▁Fall ows . ▁Later , ▁English , ▁German ▁and ▁Scottish ▁Fall ows ▁were ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁distinct ▁and ▁separate ▁mut ations ▁by ▁test ▁mat ings ▁made ▁independently ▁by ▁T ▁G ▁Taylor , ▁Mrs ▁Am ber ▁Lloyd ▁of ▁Wal ton - on - Th ames ▁and ▁Frank ▁Wait , ▁and ▁qualified ▁names ▁were ▁then ▁introduced ▁to ▁distinguish ▁them . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁birds ▁of ▁any ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁mut ations ▁produced ▁only ▁normal ▁black -