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TETRAONIDill.. 
record, is mentioned as having been obtained near Corvi'-en in Wales. 
It is in the possession of Sir Eowland 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 Generate 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. Pie 
observes, ‘ The shape, air, and habit of the bird, and the scarlet ring 
round the eyes, agreed wed 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^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 dilfers 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. 
Length (total) .... 
of tail .... 
wing from carpus to end of longest 
quill .... 
— bill above to first feathers on ridge . 
bill to rictus 
tarsus .... 
Black 
Cock. 
In. Lines. 
20 to 
9 9 
0 8 
1 2 
2 2 
Hybrid. 
In. Lines. 
25 3 
9 0 
10 3 
1 1 
1 5 
3 1 
Cock 
Pheasant. 
In. Lines. 
34 0 
19 0 
9 9 
1 0 
1 4 
3 1 
* 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. 
