288 Seco7idary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



F^. $,"5." i^rea^^ : coarse vermiculation, ground a pale olive shade of 

 buff; the Anterior feathers resemble "^" $. 

 Flank: coarse vermiculation or broken lines on same 

 ground. 

 F^. %, "C." Breast: Posterior feathers, in that the lines are light on 

 a black ground, resemble "J5" parent, but in the form 

 and colour of them, pale buff, they differ. Anterior 

 feathers hybrid. Plate XXIV, fig. 8a, b. 

 Flank : light lines on black ground resembling "B" parent 

 but again the form and colour, pale buff, differ. Plate 

 XXIV, fig. 8 c. 

 F.,. ?,"P." (Grey mutation.) 



Breast: Anterior dark grey; Posterior, fine dark grey 

 vermiculation on pale grey ground. Plate XXIV, 

 fig. 9 a, b. 

 Flank : same as Posterior feathers. 



"BBBA," inter se. 



F,. $ ¥, "iT," "'F," "if," "C," "G^," all hybrid, patterns widely diver- 

 gent, showing segregation. 

 F^. $,"ir." Breast and Flank: light broken lines on dark ground 



like "5" parent are nevertheless hybrid in pattern 



and colour of lines, which are buff. Plate XXIV, 



fig. 12 a, b. 

 F^. $, "i^." Breast almost an unpatterned olive of a buff shade, some 



very fine mottling on part of the feathers. Plate XXIV, 



fig. 13 a. 

 Flank fine vermiculation on lighter shade of buff olive. 



Plate XXIV, fig. 136. 

 F^. ?,"i/." Breast: Anterior hybrid) Posterior like "A'' ? also 

 Pattern- resembling in pattern the flank feather of the young 



transference. eight months old male of " B " parent. Plate XXIV, 



fig. 36, c. A sex pattern-transference. Plate XXIV, 



fig. 14 a. 

 Flank : hybrid ; over all these feathers lies the buff stain 



of ''A " parentage. Plate XXIV, fig. 146. 

 F^. ?, "C." Breast and Flank: hybrid, like "if," the "A" parentage 



is clearly traced both in pattern and in the colour, a 



warm buff, which suffuses both areas. Plate XXIV, 



fig. 10a, 6. 



