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annexed engraving, from a photograph taken l)y Mr. Payne 

 of Aylesbury. It represents a very remarkable Inrd, now in 

 the possession of the Hon. Walter llothsehilfl, M.P., Avhich 

 is stated to have been bred between a white Peacoek and a 

 hen Guinea-fowl. The head and neck give incontrovertible 



Hybrid between oiale I'ea-fowl and female Guinea-fowl. 



evidence of the Peacock sire, the white plumage of which is 

 shown in the primaries of the wings. The rest of the 

 plumage is that of the female parent, the Guinea-fowl. This 

 bird was obtained from France by Mr. Castaug, and kept by 

 him until it had moulted in the usual season, before it was 

 added to Mr. Rothschild's museum. 



