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"BBBA," inter se. 



F^. %/'Kr Primaries, Secondaries, Major Coverts, hybrid, same as 



F^ "A," "B," "G," "A\" "B\'' 

 F4. $, "F." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Goverts, hybrid, greyer 



colouration more finely vermiculated. Plate XXV, 



fig-9- 

 F^. ?, "(7." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Goverts similar to "K" and 



F,. Hybrid. Plate XXV, fig. 8. 

 ^4. J , "if." Primaries, Secondaries, Major Goverts, pattern similar to 



F4 "0" and "K," but less distinct and colour greyer 



and darker. Hybrid. 

 F^. %, "(t." PHmaries, Secondaries, very dark grey finely mottled like 



Fs ^ "P " the parent. 



THIGH. (Plate XXVI.) 



In this area in the pheasant the dimensions of the feathers are 

 reversed, the Posterior being the smaller, the Anterior the larger. 



Parent Species, 



"B," 5. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, pure white zigzag lines 



on black ground. Plate XXVI, fig. la, b. 

 "Z," $. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, pattern grey, less regular 



sometimes undefined on cream ground. 

 "A," $. Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, dark grey zigzag lines on 



ruddy buff ground. Plate XXVI, fig. 2 a, b. 

 "B," cf (eight months old). Transition plumage. White lines on 



greyish black ground. Plate XXVI, fig. 3 a, b. 



Hybrids. 

 "BA." 



F,. ?¥,"^""a," "!),""£'." 



Thigh : patterns hybrid, some like "Z," colour ruddy bufi 



same as female of "A" parent. Plate XXVI, figs. 



5, 6 a, b. 

 Fi. $, "B" Thigh: the lines are finer, more delicate and so broken 



as to be almost mottled. Plate XXVI, fig. 4 a, b. 



