42 TETRAONIDA. 



record, is mentioned as having been obtained near Corwen in Wales. 

 It is in the possession of Sir Bowland Hill, Bart. 



" There is not any notice of similar hybrids in the continental works 

 which I have had an opportunity of consulting, and as Temminck 

 is silent on the subject (in his comprehensive publications, ' Histoire 

 Naturelle Grenerale des Pigeons et des Gallinaces,' and 'Manuel 

 d'Ornithologie de 1' Europe,') such birds have most probably never been 

 met with on the continent of Europe. 



"Mr. White's description, with the exception of the 'legs' being 



* bare of feathers,' applies admirably to the present specimen. He 

 observes, ' The shape, air, and habit of the bird, and the scarlet ring 

 round the eyes, agreed well with the appearance of a cock pheasant, 

 but then the head and neck, and breast, and belly, were of a glossy 

 black ; and though it weighed 31b. 3-i-oz., the weight of a large full- 

 grown cock pheasant,* yet there were no signs of any spurs on the 

 legs, as is usual with all grown cock pheasants, who have long ones. 



* * In the tail were no long bending feathers, such as cock phea- 

 sants usually have, and are characteristic of the sex. The tail was 

 much shorter than that of a hen pheasant, and blunt and square at the 

 end. The back, wing-feathers, and tail, were all of a pale russet, 

 curiously streaked.' With the little that is related of Mr. Sabine's 

 bird, the present individual agrees ; but it differs much both in colour 

 and dimensions from Mr. Eyton's specimen. This latter is a female ; 

 the one under consideration is presumed to be a male. In the follow- 

 ing table its dimensions are contrasted with those of the cock pheasant 

 and black-cock. 



Black Cock 



Cock. Hybrid. Pheasant. 



In. Lines. In. Lines. In. Lines. 



Length (total) . . . 20 f0 25 3 34 



of tail . . . 9 19 



wing from carpus to end of longest 



quill . . . . 9 9 10 3 9 9 



— bill above to first feathers on ridge . 8 11 10 



bill to rictus . . .12 15 14 



tarsus . . .-.223131 



* Though the weight of the present specimen cannot now be determined, the size 

 of the body is equal to that of the cock pheasant. 



t To centre of tail. 



