RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1856.03. Gould quite convinced me that the Ring-necked Pheasant a hybrid. CUL-DAR205.7.227. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.7 contains notes on hybridism, sterility and pigeons.
The brown crayon number '17' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Hybridism. See Natural selection, p. 439.
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March /56/ Gould quite convinced me that the Ring-necked Pheasant a hybrid — he compared it with one known to be hybrid — the trace of line of white over eyes — the slightly more fulvous tinge on flank & sometimes trace of green on rumps.
They are larger, as most hybrids are. — They must be, at least, in considerable degree fertile. He showed me other hybrids between versicolor & colchicus & torquatus produced in Norfolk. — Very good case of blending of species. —17
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