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with reddish-brown ; most of the scapulars, wing-coverts, 

 tail-feathers, and upper tail-coverts vermiculated with bi^own, 

 and three scapulars tipped with white ; many feathers on the 

 breast tipped, barred, streaked, or vermiculated with white 

 or grey, and several similar feathers on the belly. The tail 

 was normally shaped, but one side was slightly more curved 

 than the other. The bird was moulting on the head, breast, 

 upper mantle, and other parts, and the feathers actually 

 growing were normally coloured. Exactly the same thing 

 had been noted in the other specimen, and Mr. Witherby 

 concluded that at the time they were killed, and while the 

 moult was still in progress, the birds had recovered from 

 the loss or disturbance of pigment which had apparently 

 caused the abnormal coloration. The testes of the bird 

 appeared to Mr. Witherby to be quite normal. 



2. Pheasant {Phasianus colchicus). — A female caught by 

 a keeper at Springkell, Dumfriesshire, in December 1912, 

 and kindly sent to Mr. Witherby by Mr. A. Johnson- 

 Ferguson. 



This was a very remarkable specimen showing a com- 

 bination of melanism, erythrism, and albinism. The whole 

 of the upperside and wing-coverts were so suffused with 

 black and deep brown that the usual greyish-buff edgings 

 and markings had almost disappeared, and were only repre- 

 sented by narrow wavy lines near the tips and notch-shaped 

 markings on the edges of the feathers. The back of the 

 neck and upper mantle were dark chestnut marked with 

 black, and many of the feathers had small metallic-green 

 tips. The chin, throat, lores (on one side only), and sides 

 of the neck had many white or white-tipped feathers, and 

 there were a number of white feathers on the points of the 

 wings (carpal joints), and a trace of white on some of 

 the feathers of the belly. The whole of the rest of the 

 underparts were rich chestnut, with large black spots and 

 bars, and a narrow penultimate dark buff band on most of 

 the feathers. The tail was of a dark brown like the back, 



