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" The hybrid bird in my possession, which is a female, may be 

 thus shortly described : 



" Tarsi half-featheied, without spurs, of the šame colour as in the 

 Pheasant. Bill resembling that of the Pheasant, both in colour and 

 shape. Irides hazel. Crovvn and throat mottled black and brown. 

 Neck glossy black, with a tinge of brovvn. Breast of nearly the šame 

 colour as that of the cock Pheasant, but more mottled with black. 

 Tail of the šame colour as in the grey Hen ; centre tail feathers 

 longest ; under tail coverts light brovvn. 



" The plumage of this bird is very curious ; as some parts of it 

 resemble either sex of both hlack game and Pheasant. 



" I had an opportunity of examining the body after it was taken 

 from the skin, and of comparing it with the black game and the 

 Pheasant. 



" The follovving are some remarks which I made on its anatomy : 



" Left'oviduct very imperfect ; the ovaries very sraall ; the eggs 

 scarcely perceptible, and very few in number. 



" The sternum approaches nearer to that of the hlack Grouse than 

 of the Pheasant ; but the bone is not so massive, the anterior edge 

 of the keel is more scoUoped, and the bone between the posterior 

 scollops is not so broad as in the black game. 



" The os furcatorium is that of the Pheasant, being more arched 

 than in the black game, and having the flat process at the extre- 

 mity next the sternum broader. 



" The pelvis is exactly intermediate between the two, having more 

 solidity, and being both broader and longer than in the Pheasant ; 

 but resembling that of the Pheasant in having the two processes on 

 each side of the caudal vertebrce, which serve for the attachments of 

 the levator museles of the tail. 



" The subjoined Table shows some comparative measurements 

 betvveen the hybrid bird in question, the cock Pheasant, and the 

 grey Hen. 



Length of the tarsus 



Length of the middle toe 



£xpansion of the wings 



Length of the middle tail feathers 

 Length of the intestinal canal from 1 



vent to gizzard J 



Length from the vent to the cceca 

 Length of the caeca ^ . . . 



Mr. Gray exhibited, from his own collection, specimens of a Coral, 



