286 Secondary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



Silver "5," ^ (eight months bird). Centrals: coarse vermiculation 

 ground white tinted fulvous. 

 Laterals : sloping regular bands of black and white of 

 equal width. Plate XXIII, fig. 2. 

 F^. "BA," $$. Tail. Laterals: pattern of female of "A" 

 parent centrals. Pattern-transference. Plate XXIII, 

 fig. 4. 



F^. ''BBA;' ?$. Tail. Centrals and laterals: hybrid. Plate 



XXIII, fig. 5. 

 F,. ''BBBAr %%. Tail. Centrals : mutation. 



Laterals : hybrid. Plate XXIII, figs. 6 and 7. 



" BBS A" inter se. 



F^. %, "C." (i^3, inter se.) Centrals: pattern same as "5" $ 

 first pair of laterals, colour hybrid. A Pattern- 

 transference. 

 Laterals : hybrid pattern and colour. 

 F^. ? , "ilf." Centrals : pattern of " Z" ? centrals ; colour, hybrid. 



Laterals : hybrid pattern and colour. 

 i^4. $ , " F." Centrals : hybrid pattern and colour. 



Laterals : 1st and 2nd pairs unpattemed olive brown — 

 hybrid. Other laterals same hybrid pattern and 

 colour as centrals. 



F^. $ , ''K." Centrals : hybrid pattern and colour. 



Laterals : somewhat resembling " 5 " $ and young 



male "jB" in pattern; colour, hybrid. 



F4. $ , " G." Centrals : (mutation) unpatterned \ Like parent 



olive grey. [ F^ ^ "P," 



Laterals : Very finely vermiculated ( " grey muta- 



grey. / tion." 



Of these P4 ? ? {Fs " BBBA," inter se), " M," "P," "K" and " G" 

 are darker and greyer birds than any in this series and could be picked 

 out easily when laid amongst the " B" ? parent, the i^j $ J , the P2 ¥ ? 

 and the P3 $ J not even excepting the grey mutation parent $ " P." 

 The heads and necks are dark grey, but inter se " BBBA " F^ ^ " C " 

 is a somewhat lighter bird than her four sisters, being much the same 

 colour as her parent "grey mutation" "P" only a lighter and more 

 olive tint of grey. 



