284 Secondary Sexual Character's in Fheasaiits 



"Z," ?. Crest: the same as "jB" colour, structure, form and length. 

 "A" % . Crest : brown, ruddy buff mark down each side of rachis, 

 feathers broad, barbs very short, structure normal. 

 Anterior : length f of an inch. 



Posterior : length j| of an inch. Plate XXII, fig. 2. 

 "B," (/ (8 months). Omitted to extract crest until too late, 

 adult plumage had grown in. 



Hybrids, 

 "BA." 



F,. %%, "Ar "5," "(7," "A" "^V Plate XXII, figs. 3, 4, 5, 6. 



Crest of all five hybrid, dark brown, mottled and vermicu- 

 lated with red brown, feathers broad, structure normal 

 like female of "A " parent. Length of crest the same 

 in all five. 



Anterior : length } of an inch. 

 Posterior : length \^ inches. 

 "BBAr 



F,. %%/'Ar^^Br 

 Hybrid. 

 F^. %,"Ar Crest: same pattern, colour, form, structure and length 



as F,. Hybrid. Plate XXII, fig. 7. 

 F^. $ , "^." Crest : (rather injured) feathers, darker and shorter. 



''BBBAJ' 



F,. ? ?, "^," "A" "P," "C," MV ''B\" Plate XXII, figs. 8, 9, 10. 

 Hybrid. Crests: similar in pattern, colour and form to F^, the 



brown darker, the mottling less distinct. 

 Structure hybrid between "5" parent and female of "^" 



parent. 

 Lengths of all six similar. 



Anterior : length || of an inch. 

 Posterior : length 1\ inches. 



"BBBA;' inter se, 



F,. ¥ ¥ . (^3, inter se), "0," "M," "P," "JT," "(?." All five hybrid. 

 F^. J, "C." Cr-est: Posterior and Anterior rusty black, mottled ruddy 

 Hybrid, buff — structure hybrid. 



Anterior: length 1 inch. 



Posterior : length 1J-| inches. Plate XXII, fig. 13 a, 6. 



