The Top Eow op Feathers are from the rump of a cross-bred 

 Mongolian hen, a cross between a pure Mongolian and ordinary ring- 

 necked pheasant, itself a cross-bred bird. 



The Lower Eow of Feathers are from the rirmp of an ordinary 

 hen pheasant, cross between colcMcv^ and t&rquatus. These show the 

 light and darker bands somewhat in the form of a lance. And it is to 

 be noticed that as the stronger and hardier bird, the Chinese, when 

 crossed with the colcMeus, has left his marks on all his cross-bred 

 descendants, as shown by the ring round the neck, so this straight 

 cross-barring of the rump feathers of the hens continues to be seen in 

 the descendants of the cross between the Mongolian and the ordinary 



pheasant- 



