284 ON MENDELISM TN PHEASANTS. 



Crest : Common male pheasant, feathers paler, amongst them 



some feathers, mosaics of male and female. 

 Neck : (Collar, form of male 1 J . formosanns, Formosa variety of 



P. torquatus.) 

 Interscapulars : Common male pheasant, but dvMer in colour. 

 Scapulars : Some common female pheasant : some mosaics of male 



and female. 

 Back : Mosaics of common male and female. 

 Tail-coverts : Pattern, colour, and structure, mosaics of common 



male and female. 

 Tail : Centrals and Laterals. All mosaics in transverse sections 

 of common male and female colour and pattern. 

 One extra quill-feather on each side, a small straight quill, 

 making 20 instead of 18 feathers. 

 Throat : Common male. 



Breast : A few common female, unpatterned fawn. 

 Many common male, colour less brilliant. 

 Some mosaics of both male and female. 

 Flank : Common male ; some common female ; some mosaics of 



both. 

 Thigh-tuft : Common male. 

 Wing : Primaries ; common female. 



Secondaries ; common female. 

 Wi ng- coverts : Major; common male. 



Median ; mosaics, colour and pattern, of male and 



female. 

 Minor ; some common female. 



some mosaics, colour and pattern, of 

 common male and female. 



