290 Secondary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



In both areas the ruddy bufiP bands are spotted here 

 and there with dark grey. Plate XXV, fig. 3 a, h. 



Major Coverts: same colour and pattern with heavier 

 sprinkling of spots on the ruddy buff bands. Plate 

 XXV, fig. 106. 

 "5," (/* (eight months old). Transition plumage. 



Primary : grey ground, coarse fulvous vermiculation on 

 outer vane and tip of inner vane. 



Secondary : grey ground very coarse fulvous vermiculation 

 on both vanes. Plate XXV, fig. 2 a. 



On both the lines of vermiculation are generally con- 

 tinuous and unbroken. 



Adult Secondary. Plate XXV, fig. 26. 



Hybrids. 



F,. $ ?, "^," ''Br "0" (Plate XXV, fig. 4), "A" "^/' all five have 



both Primaries and Secondaries the pattern and colour 



of the female of "A " parent : the ruddy buff bands are 



rather more thickly spotted. 

 Major Coverts, both primary and secondary groups the 



same as the female of "A" parent. Plate XXV, fig. 



10 c, d, e. 

 "BBAr 

 F^. ? ? , "Ar "B " (Plate XXV, fig. 5). In both birds PrimaHes and 



Secondaines colour of female of "A" parent, pattern 



hybrid, a coarse broken vermiculation, both vanes 



patterned. 

 Major Coverts of both hybrid. 

 "BBBA." 



F^. ? ?, 'M," "^," "0," "P" (grey mutation), also "A^" and ''B\" 

 F^. $ ?, "Ar "B," "A\" "B\" Primaries and Secondaries, colour of 



female of "J." parent, pattern hybrid, similar to F2. 



Plate XXV, fig. 6. 

 F^. $,"P" (grey mutation). Primaries and Secondaries, very dark 



grey finely mottled. Plate XXV, fig. 7. 

 Pg. $,"(7." Primaries and Secondaries. Colour of female of "J." 



parent but with finer vermiculation than "J.," "5," 



"^V "B\'' 

 In all, vermiculation is much broken. 



