230 Male Plumage assumed by Female Birds. 



Linota cannabina, fide Blyth. 



Litiota rufescens, fide Blyth, 



Nectarinia asiatica, fide Blyth. 



GaUus (Domestic Fowl), fide Yarrell and others ; col. fig. 

 ' B. of Sherwood/ p. 183. 



Pavo (Peahen), fide Latham; fig. 'Synopsis/ ii. pi. 60. 



Meleagris (Turkey), fide Bechstein. 



Phasianus colchicus, fide Edwards and others. Of common 

 occurrence in a semidomesticated state. 



Thaumalea picta, fide Edwards. 



Euplocamus nijcthemerus, fide Yarrell. 



Pucrasia nipalensis, fide Blyth. 



Tetrao tetrix, fiide Bond; col. fig. Dresser, 'B. of Eur.' 

 vi. 205. 



Tetrao urogallus, fide Nilsson ; col. fig. ' Unser Auer-, 

 Rackel- und Birkwild und seine Abarten/ by A. B. Meyer. 



Otis tarda, fide Tiedemann. 



Anas (Domestic Duck), fide Rowley; col. fig. ' Orn. Misc.' 

 i. p. 118. 



Anas boschas, fide Hancock; fig. col. ' Scandinavisk 

 Fauna,' pi. 163. 



Fuligida marila, fide Blyth : see also P. Z. S. 1885, p. 246. 



Mergus serrator, fide Gurney. 



Mareca penelope, fide Cecil Smith. 



Perhaps the Kestrel [Tinnimculus alaudarius) ought not to 

 be included in this catalogue, for so many have been seen 

 with the lower part of the back blue or bluish, as to leave 

 little doubt that the female generally becomes so if she 

 lives long enough. 



It is said that the females in Oriolus generally become as 

 bright as males in time {vide ' Ibis,' 1864, p. 412 ; ' Field/ 

 June 24th and July 8th, 1871). 



P.S. — Mr. W. Tegetmeier tells me he has known a barn- 

 yard cock moult into hen's plumage, which is the converse of 

 the instances narrated in this paper, and rather resembles the 

 annual change which takes place in Anas boschas and others 

 of that tribe. 



