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Zoolog. Gardens

Porphyrio martinicus - Helmet became brighter during during breeding season

Is ♀ larger than ♂ (?)

Is she brighter or different in plumage?

Does she incubate or take charge of young?

How are young coloured in feather & Helmet in their winter Plumage?

(2) Tadorna variegata: did ♀ incubate - No

is ♀ larger than ♂ Male is larger & is more ornamented with his bronzed Head & back finely penciled slate colours; yet ♀ is redder on back & has white Head More colours

in ♀ more brightly coloured than ♂

(Put this case in nas anomaly)

(3) Male Tinamou incubates, is their only sexual difference in colour or size. Sexes alike No great difference viz sexual

(4) Is male Ostrich larger or smaller than ♀? Mr. B - ♂ somewhat larger

(5) Silver Pheasant what is colour of young ♂ Yes like ♀

When does top-knot be developed? ♀ has no top knot? Young male & f. for some time quite like ♀ So with Gold Pheasant. So that top knot & collar not developed for some time

(6) Gold Pheasant - How early is topknot developed in young ♂

after adult stet

Hold with Gold Pheasant collar tuft a case like Bull female Breast crest

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In Eland both sexes have Horns, Horns developed somewhat earlier than in Koodoo - latter female has no Horns

Mr B. [Bartlett]

(The Females have tail about 1/3 length of male; & young like ♀ for first 3 months: in common Pheasant about half the length of tail of males.)

Parrot

Crossoptilon & Cheer pheasant do not show off — to Man, do not fight

In Crossoptilon, tail splendidly developed & decomposed - The young males can hardly be distinguished by spurs til 6 months old - it is then a mere guess whether males or females.– abberant a guess