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BREAST AND FLANK. (Plate XXIV.) 

 Parent Species. 



"B," $. Breast: fine, irregular, broken, zigzag lines of white on 

 a black ground. Plate XXIV, fig-, la, b. 

 Flank : pattern the same, lines fewer and coarser, ground 

 black. Plate XXIV, fig. 1 c. 

 "Z," $. Breast: very fine mottling on brownish olive gi'ound. 



Flank : mottling coarser, ground lighter tint of same 

 colour. 

 "A," $. Breast: coarse black lines of painted form on ruddy buff 

 gi-ound. Plate XXIV, fig. 2«,, b. 

 Flank : same ground colour, lines irregular and broken. 

 Plate XXIV, fig. 2 c. 

 "B," cT, transition plumage. Breast and Flank. Plate XXIV, 

 fig. 3 a, b, c. 



Hybrids. 

 "BA." 



F,. %%, "A," "B," "C," "D" "E," all hybrid in colour and jjattern. 



Plate XXIV, figs. 4, 5. 

 Fi. $$, " E" and "B." Breast and Flank coarsely vermiculated, 



somewhat resembling "B" parent but finer lines. 

 Fi. $ $, "G" and "A." Breast and Flank, black vermiculation on 



ruddy buff ground. 

 "BBA." 



F,. $ $ , "^ " and "B." Hybrid colour and pattern. 



^"2. $, "A." Breast and Flank very fine grey vermiculation on pale 



buft' ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 6. 

 F2. $ , "B." Breast and Flank, coarse black vermiculation on pale buff 



ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 7. 



"BBBA." 



F3. %%, "A" "B," "C" and "P" are again all hybrid in pattern and 

 colour and show a remarkable degree of variation in 

 these areas. 



F^. %, "A." Breast and Flank alike, coarse, broken, black, zigzag lines 

 on a light buff ground. 



