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"BBBA" inter se. 



F,. "C""M,""F""K:"'G." 



F^. %,"K." Primaries, Seccmdaries, Major Coverts, hybrid, same as 



F^ "A," "B," "C," "A\" "B\" 

 Fi. $ , " F." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Coverts, hybrid, greyer 



colouration more finely vermiculated. Plate XXV, 



fig- 9- 

 F^. %, "C." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Coverts similar to "K" and 



F,. Hybrid. Plate XXV, fig. 8. 

 Fi. ^,"M." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Coverts, pattern similar to 



Ft "C" and "K," but less distinct and colour greyer 



and darker. Hybrid. 

 Fi. $ , "G." Primaries, Secondaries, very dark gi'ey finely mottled like 



i^3 $ " P " the parent. 



THIGH. (Plate XXVI.) 



In this area in the pheasant the dimensions of the feathers are 

 reversed, the Posterior being the smaller, the Anterior the larger. 



Parent Species. 



"B," 5. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, pure white zigzag lines 



on black gi'ound. Plate XXVI, fig. la, b. 

 "Z," $. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, pattern grey, less regular 



sometimes undefined on cream ground. 

 "A," $. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, dark grey zigzag lines on 



ruddy butf ground. Plate XXVI, fig. 2 a, b. 

 "B," cT (eight months old). Transition plumage. White lines on 



greyish black ground. Plate XXVI, fig. 3a, b. 



Hybrids. 

 "BA." 



F,. %%,"A,""C,""D,""E." 



Thigh: patterns hybrid, some like "Z," colour ruddy bufi 



same as female of "A" parent. Plate XXVI, figs. 



5, 6 a, b. 

 F^. %, "B." Thigh: the lines are finer, more delicate and so broken 



as to be almost mottled. Plate XXVI, fig. 4 a, b. 



