292 Secondarfi Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



"BBA." 



F... %%,"A,""B." Thigh: colouration of i^i, all feathers smaller than 



parents "B" and "A" or F^. 

 F.,. %,"A." Thujh: pattern %6W(i, somewhat coarse. Plate XXVI, 



fig. la, h. 

 F._. $,"5." Thigh: pattern .same as F, " B," hyhrid. Plate XXVI, 



fig. 8 a, h. 



"BBBA." 



F,. ? $, "^," "B," "C" "P." Thigh: all feathers very much smaller 



than parents and F^. Patterns and colouration hybrid, 



much individual variation. 

 F3. $ , "C." Thigh : Posterior and Anterior closely resemble "B" parent 



in pattern, ground hybrid' tinged buff. Plate XXVI, 



fig. 11 (T, b. 

 F-i. ?,"P" (grey mutation). Tliigli. : Posterior and Anterior fine grey 



lines on paler grey ground. Plate XXVI, fig. Xla, b. 

 F-i. %,''A." Thigh: Pi)sterior same as i^;, $ "P," Anterior same as 



F^ "G," but ground a deeper tinge of buif'. Hybrid. 



Plate XXVI, fig. 9((, b. 

 F3. %, "B." Thigh: Posterior and Anterior pattern and colour same 



as F„ "A." Plate XXVI, fig. 10a, b. 



"BBBA," inter se. 



F,. ??. "C," "M," "F," "K," G." In all these birds the thigh 

 feathers are still more diminished in size than those 



OfP3??. 



Ff $,"('." Thigh: Fosterior, pattei-n of female of " A" parent, ruddy 

 Degeneration buff ground paler. Anterior, pattern of female of ".4" 

 in size of parent, ruddy buff ground paler. This feather measures 



feather. just half the length of that of female of "A" parent 



extracted from the same zone. 

 Fi. $,"ilf." Thigh : Posterior and Anterior, pattern of female of "A" 

 Pattern- parent breast, ground colour pale ruddy bufil Pattern- 



transference, transference. 

 Pj. % , "F." Thigh : Posterior and Anterior, grey pattern like "Z" but 



ground colour hybrid of the ruddy buti" shade belonging 



to "A" parent. 

 F^. %,"K." Thigh: Posterior, pattern of " B" parent. Anterior, 



feathers very degenerate but "B" pattern can be 



traced, ground hybrid, pale fulvous. 



