272 Colour and Pattern-Transference in Pheasants 



Posterior. 



Structun', male Reeves, transmitted by fVirialu })areiit. 



Form '\ 



Colour V hybrid l)ut in'ai-cr male Reeves. 



Pattern J 

 Tail : Length, 2 feet (male Reeves 3 or 4 feet, Formosan about 



1 foot). 



Centrals ] alike in pattern, transmitted by female 



Laterals | parent, male Reeves. (PI. XXXIX, fig. 8.) 



Colour, wide black bands divided by narrow bright brown 

 hybrid bands, pale brown margins. 

 Tail (Joverta : Structure, male Reeves, transmitted by fi'uiale parent. 



,. , hybrid nearer male Reeves. (PI. XXXIV 



Colour \ a , . 



Pattern ) ^^- ^'^ 



Coloar-traiisference. 

 Male parent to male offspring. 

 Colour- transference. F^. Reeves x Formosan J". 

 Intersca pulars : Margin of feathers colour of male Formosan breast. 

 Back: Purple lustre of male Formosan throat. 



Colour-transference. F^. Reeves x Versicolor J' . 



Back: Ruby and purple lustre of male Versicolor thruat and 



breast. 



Female parent to mule offspring. 



Colour- transference. 



Body: The exact shade of rich brilliant brown found on the 



4th, .5th and 6th lateral rectriccs of the female Reeves. 



Pattern-transference. 

 Male parent to female offspring. 



Pattern-transference. F^. Reeves x Formo.san % " B." 

 Breast : Anterior feathers pattern of female Formosan _/?awfc 



Pattern- tranference. F^. Reeves x Versicolor % " B." 

 Breast : Posterior feathers pattern of female Versicolor anterior 



breast feathers. 



