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p. 123

(9) Phasianus Reevesii - is bird same size as common Pheasant - Length of Tail in ♀. Measure

(10) What is length of tail in Crossoptilon auritum(?) [Sexual selection, p. 166.]

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(5) P. napoleonis are ocelli confined to tail & is colouring of barbs like Java Peacock.

(1) Are ♀s. of any species (get names) quite destitute of ocelli? P. napoleonis?

are they not diurnal in most or - spec of

(2) Are barbs more compact, when forming ocelli than in other parts of feather over tail- arch broader towards extremity

Any trace of top-knot? & like the P. muticus

(3) In which species are to the two ocelli with axes not parallel?

(6) {Central tail-feather of Pavo muticus, near extremity - outer sides any vestige of ocellus.

(4) P. malaccense I think the 2 ocelli are not confluent - in central most tail - feather?

[Descent 2: 139, fig. 55.]

over

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Compare the length of tail in Pea-hen with female.

(7) Turkey - this very important p. 121 for I have said not elongated -

8. Look at ocelli in Ocellated Turkey

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are tail-coverts broader toward extremity?

 

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(11) Has female Gallus bankiva rudiments of spurs. (I have said so. p. 111)

[Descent 2: 84.]

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(12) Have all females of spurred gallinaceæ rudiments of spur? p. 117. M. S.

[Descent 2: 162.]

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(13) See whether ♀ of Black Cock has not borrowed some black & how like Red Game.

How much ♀s of other Gallinaceæ resemble each other & differ from their own males

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(14) Look at Chatterers or Cotingidæ, for Wallace says females almost invariably different from males [Descent 2: 177.]