286 Secondary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



Silver "B," </ (eight months bird). Centrals: coarse vermiculation 

 ground white tinted fulvous. 

 Laterals : sloping regular bands of black and white of 

 equal width. Plate XXIII, fig. 2. 

 F^. "BA," ??. Tail. Laterals: pattern of female of "A" 

 parent centrals. Pattern-transference. Plate XXIII. 

 fig. 4. 



F.-.. "BBA," $?. Tail. Centrals and laterals : %6?-mZ. Plate 



XXIII, fig. .5. 

 F^. "BBBA," ^^. Tail. Centrals: mutation. 



Laterals : hybrid. Plate XXIII, figs. 6 and 7. 



" BBBA" inter se. 



Ff. $, " C." (F3, inter se.) Centrals: pattern same as "B" $ 

 first pair of laterals, colour hybrid. A Pattern- 

 transference. 

 Laterals : liybrid pattern and colour. 



Fi- %, "M." Centrals: pattern of ".^" ? centrals; colour, hybrid. 



Laterals : hybrid pattern and colour. 

 F^. $ , " F." Centrals : hybrid pattern and colour. 



Laterals : 1st and 2nd paii-s unpattemed olive brown — 

 hybrid. Other laterals same liybrid pattern and 

 colour as centrals. 

 Fi. %/'K." Centrals: /;?/6?-icZ pattern and colour. 



Laterals : somewhat resembling " B" $ and young 



male " B " in pattern ; colour, hybrid. 



Fi. ? , " G." Centrals : (mutation) unpatterned \ Like parent 



olive gi-ey. I F, ? " P," 



Laterals : Very finely vermiculated [ " grey muta- 



grey. tion." 



Of these J^4 ? ? (F, "BBBA," inter se), " M," " F," "K" and " G" 

 are darker and gi-eyer bii'ds than any in this series and could be picked 

 out easily when laid amongst the " B" ? parent, the i^i ? ? , the i^j ? ? 

 and the i^s ? ? not even excepting the grey mutation parent ? " P." 

 The heads and necks are dark grey, but inter se " BBBA " F^ $ " C " 

 is a somewhat lighter bii-d than her four sisters, being much the same 

 colour as her parent "gi'ey mutation" "P" only a lighter and more 

 olive tint of gi"ey. 



