292 Secondary Sexual Characters in Pheasants 



F2. ? ? , ''A," "Br Thigh : colouration of F„ all feathers smaller than 



parents "5" and ''A" or F,. 

 F^. ?,"J.." Thigh: pattern %&nc?, somewhat coarse. Plate XXVI, 



fig. 7 a, b. 

 F,, %,"Br Thigh: pattern same as F, "5," hybrid. Plate XXVI, 



fig. 8 a, 6. 



"BBBAr 



F,. ? ?, M," "5," "0," "P." r%/M all feathers veri/ much smaller 



than parents and F^. Patterns and colouration hybrid, 



much individual variation. 

 ^3. ? , "C" Thigh : Posterior and Anterior closely resemble "5" parent 



in pattern, ground hybrid tinged buff. Plate XXVI, 



fig. 11a, b. 

 Fs. ?,"P" (grey mutation). Thigh : Posterior and Anterior fine grey 



lines on paler grey ground. Plate XXVI, fig. 12 a, b. 

 P3. ^,"A." Thigh: Posterior same as F^ % "P," Anterior same as 



P3 "C," but ground a deeper tinge of buff. Hybrid. , 



Plate XXVI, fig. 9 a, b. 

 P3. ?, "P." Thigh: Posterior and Anterior pattern and colour same 



as Po "A." Plate XXVI, fig. 10a, 6. 



"BBBA," inter se. 



P4. ¥?, "0," "J/," "P," "Kr G:' In all these birds the thigh 

 feathers are still more diminished in size than those 



P4. J, "(7." Thigh: Posterior, patteim of female of "A" parent, ruddy 

 Degeneration buff ground paler. Anterior, pattern of female of "A " 

 in size of parent, ruddy buff ground paler. This feather measures 



feather. just half the length of that of female of "A" parent 



extracted from the same zone. 

 P4. ?,"ilf." Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, pattern of female of "A" 

 Pattern- parent breast, ground colour pale ruddy buff. Pattern- 



transference, transference. 

 P4. $, "P." Thigh: Posterior and Anterior, grey pattern like "^" but 



ground colour hybrid of the ruddy buff shade belonging 



to "J." parent. 

 P4. %,''K." Thigh: Posterior, pattern of "P" parent. Anterior, 



feathers very degenerate but "P" pattern can be 



traced, ground hybrid, pale fulvous. 



