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BREAST AND FLANK. (Plate XXIV.) 

 Parent Species. 



"B," $ . Breast : fine, irregular, broken, zigzag lines of white on 

 a black ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 1 a, b. 

 Flank : pattern the same, lines fewer and coarser, ground 

 black. Plate XXIV, fig. Ic. 

 ''Z," $. Breast: very fine mottling on brownish olive ground. 



Flank: mottling coarser, ground lighter tint of same 

 colour. 

 "A," $. Breast: coarse black lines of pointed form on ruddy buff 

 ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 2a, h. 

 Flank: same ground colour, lines irregular and broken. 

 Plate XXIV, fig. 2 c. 

 "jB," </, transition plumage. Breast and Flank. Plate XXIV, 

 fig. 3 a, b, c. 



Hybrids. 

 "BA:' 



F,. ? ?, "A;' "5," "0," "A" "JS," all hybrid in colour and pattern. 



Plate XXIV, figs. 4, 5. 

 F,. $ ?, "£"' and "D." Breast and Flank coarsely vermiculated, 



somewhat resembling "B" parent but finer lines. 

 F^. $ $, "C" and "^." Breast and Flank, black vermiculation on 



ruddy buff ground. 

 ''BBAr 



i^2. ? ? , "^ " and "5." Hybrid colour and pattern. 



F^. %, ''A." Breast and Flank very fine grey vermiculation on pale 



buff ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 6. 

 F^. $ , "5." Breast and Flank, coarse black vermiculation on pale buff 



ground. Plate XXIV, fig. 7. 



''Bbba:' 



F,. ? ?, "A," "B;' "C" and "P" are again all hybrid in pattern and 

 colour and show a remarkable degree of variation in 

 these areas. 



Fs. $ , "A." Breast and Flank alike, coarse, broken, black, zigzag lines 

 on a light buff ground. 



