290 Secondary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



In both areas the ruddy buff bands are spotted here 

 and there with dark grey. Plate XXV, fig. 3a, h. 



Majar Coverts : same colour and pattern with heavier 

 sjjrinkling of spots on the ruddy buff bands. Plate 

 XXV, fig! 106. 

 "B" (/■ (eight months old). Transition plumage. 



Primary : grey ground, coarse fulvous vermiculation on 

 outer vane and tip of inner vane. 



Secondary : grey ground very coarse fulvous vermiculation 

 on both vanes. Plate XXV, fig. 2 a. 



On both the lines of vermiculation are generally con- 

 tinuous and unbroken. 



Adult Secondary. Plate XXV, fig. 2b. 



Hybrids. 

 "BA." 



F,. ? ?, "A," "B," "C" (Plate XXV, fig. 4), "D," "E," all five have 



both Frimaries and Secondaries the pattern and colour 



of the female of "A " parent : the ruddy buff bands are 



rather more thickly spotted. 

 Major Coverts, both primary and secondary gi-oups the 



same as the female of "A" parent. Plate XXV, fig. 



10 c, d, e. 

 "BBA." 

 F,. ? ? , "A," "5" (Plate XXV, fig. 5). In both birds Primaries and 



Secondaries colour of female of "A" parent, pattern 



hybrid, a coarse broken vermiculation, both vanes 



patterned. 

 Major Coverts of both hybrid. 

 "BBBA." 



F,. ? ? , "A," "B," "C," "P" (grey mutation), also "A'" and "B\" 

 F3. $ ?, "A," "B," "J.'," "B^." Primaries and Secondaries, colour of 



female of "A" parent, pattern hybrid, similar to F.^. 



Plate XXV, fig. 6. 

 F^. $,"P" (gi'ey mutation). Primaries and Secondaries, very dark 



grey finely mottled. Plate XXV, fig. 7. 

 F^. %,"C." Primaries and Secondaries. Colour of female of "A" 



parent but with finer vermiculation than "A," "B," 



"A\" "BK" 

 In all, vermiculation is much broken. 



