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Sept 14 / 68/ J. J. Weir was carefully looking at Crossoptilon auritum in beginning of Sept. at this year's birds, when 2/3 grown & was struck with close resemblance or identity to parents in ear tufts & all other characters, yet their [illeg] in developed tail-coverts red-velvet long ear tufts, [illeg] both eminently masculine characters; so rule hold; but Blyth states positively that spurs are developed later in young males; & by this one character sexes are can be recognised. If J. J. W can prove that velvet is developed early, then

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excellent contrast with common pheasant – see about grouse with 2 air sack & 2 great ear-tuft in Audubon, with great ear-tuft, whether he describes their state in the young grouse. See about spurs in grouse in which both sexes have spurs also development.

Young pheasants of both sexes have long-tail before male acquire a brilliant plumage & adults have long-tail. But do they have long tail before brightness Yes.

Pha Reevesii (?) ♂with enormous tail; ♀with much shorter tail than our Hen pheasant.