EXPERIMENTAL PHEASANT-BEBEDIXG. 545 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate LXIV. 



<? & ^ Secondaries (3id from primarj') of tlie two Parent species 

 and of F. 1 (Fo.X Ve.). 



1. F. versicolor ?. Horizontallj' set, broad bands, bifurcated ends; ground- 



colour brown. 



2. F. versicolor $. Mottled light bands V-sLaped, apex towards racbis ; ground- 



colour dark grey. 



3. F.formosus ?• Obliquely set narrow bands, pointed ends; ground-colour 



nearly white. 



4. F.formosus (J. Vandjke pattern, light, mottled; grouud-colour light grey. 



5. F. 1 ? "Z" (P./o»v».$ XP. fers.tJ). Colour, banding, length of feather, 

 (Parent of F. 2, io.XVe.XVe.). versicolor; a similar mottling to that 



here seen is found on the 3rd Second- 

 aries of a pure versicolor ^ unrelated 

 now living in my pheasautry. 



6. F. 1 (? " C " (P. form. ? X P. vers. $). Left vane Vandyke, Formosan S pattern. 



Kight vane hybrid banding. 

 Colour hybrid. 



Plate LXV. 

 (? & $ Secondaries (3rd from primarj) of F. 2 (Fo.XVe. X Ve.). 



1. F. 2 (? "G" (P. 1 Fo.XVe. ? XP. vers. $). Pattern of banding nearest to 



versicolor $ . 

 Colour hybrid. 



2. 3. 4. 5. 6. F. 2 ? ?(F.lFo.xVe. ?XP. t-ers.c?). 



"C" I "E" i "H" i "F" I "h!" I 



Although slight diiferences exist between these five secondaries, yet the length 

 and colour of them, the horizontal setting of the bands, their breadth and bifurcated 

 ends, are all pure female versicolor characters. 



Plate LXVI. 

 9 posterior interscapulars of the two Parent species, of F. 1 and F. 2. 



1. P. versicolor ^ . 



2. F.formosus $ (parent of F^. 1). 



3. F. 1 $ " Y" (parent of Miierse F. 2). Pattern transference. Pattern found on 



several anterior interscapulars of P. ver- 

 sicolor ^ . 



4. F.ll ? "Z" (parent of F. 2, Fo.X Ve.X Ve.). 



5. F. 2 ? " E " (moult completed). $ versicolor posterior interscapular pattern. 



6. F. 2 ? "F" (moult completed). Pattern transference. The pattern seen on 



7. F. 2 !i^ " H " (moult completed). these two feathers is found on some anterior 



interscapulars of ^ versicolor. 



8. F. 2 "^ "C" (aged 4 months, moult incomplete). Pattern found amongst 



jiosterior interscapulars on ^ versicolor. 



9. F. 2 $ " B " (moult completed). Pattern found amongst anterior and jyosterior 



interscapulars on $ versicolor. 

 JSiote, Jul J/ 2nd, 1912. — A number of posterior and anterior interscapulars extracted 

 from a living female versicolor in my pheasantry showed all the patterns figured 

 on Plate LX VI. 



Plate LXVH. 

 3 posterior interscapulars of the two Parent species, of F. 1 and F. 2. 

 2* i F. versicolor ^ . ^ i F.formosus $ . 



