[13] These feathers have been described by Dr. W. Marshall ‘Der Zoolog. Garten,’ April 1874, p. 124. I examined the feathers of some hybrids raised in the Zoological Gardens between the male G. sonneratii and a red game-hen, and they exhibited the true character of those of G. sonneratii, except that the horny laminæe were much smaller.
[14] See also an excellent letter on the Poultry of India, by Mr. Blyth, in ‘Gardener’s Chronicle,’ 1851, p. 619.
[15] Mr. S. J. Salter, in ‘Natural History Review,’ April 1863, p. 276.
[16] See also Mr. Layard’s paper in ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. History,’ 2nd series, vol. xiv. p. 62.
[17] See also Mr. Crawfurd’s ‘Descriptive Dict. of the Indian Islands,’ 1856, p. 113.
[18] Described by Mr. G. R. Gray, ‘Proc. Zoolog. Soc.,’ 1849, p. 62.
[19] The passage from Marsden is given by Mr. Dixon in his ‘Poultry Book,’ p. 176. No ornithologist now ranks this bird as a distinct species.
[20] ‘Coup-d’œeil général sur l’Inde Archipélagique,’ tom. iii. (1849) p. 177; see also Mr. Blyth in ‘Indian Sporting Review,’ vol. ii. p. 5, 1856.
[21] Mr. Blyth, in ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ 2nd ser., vol. i. (1848), p. 455.
[22] Crawfurd, ‘Desc. Dict. of Indian Islands,’ 1856, p. 112.