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Below the orange-red of the foreneck changes into Indian red 

 again paling on the posterior flanks and thighs and under tail- 

 coverts, whilst the vent and centre of the abdomen is an almost 

 3^ellowish red. The whole of the "under surface feathers have th^ir 

 centres grey in clear cut distinct oval markings. 



Colours of soft jjarts. — " Mandibles black, pale towards the 

 tips ; fleshy horns, and facial area blue ; gular lappet deep purplish 

 blue, with margins and indentations deep salmon ; legs and feet 

 pink or reddish, deeper in colour at the breeding season. (Beebe). 



"The bird had two horns, each about 1^-in. long of a light 

 peacock blue colour and a pouch under his throat, 3^ to 4 inches 

 long of the same coloirr, mottled over with reddish yellow spots, 

 about ^" in diameter." (W. Scott). 



ilfeasMremewfe.-- Wing, 225 to 263 mm., average 36 birds, 242 

 mm. ; tail, 185 to 230, average 215 mm.; tarsus 70 to 80 mm.; 

 bill from front about 15 to 16 mm. 



Beebe gives the tail as averaging 215 mm., and wing 251 mm. 



Weight, 31 lbs. (Bailey). 



Adult Female. — The females vaiy in general tint, from dark rich 

 grey-brown to a quite bright rufous-brown, and varj^ in this 

 respect far more — apparently — than the females of any of the other 

 Trago]3ans. 



The whole of the upper parts are mottled with velvety black and 

 dull to bright rufous, whilst on the wing-coverts, scapulars and 

 back there are numerous arrow-shaped marks varjdng from white 

 or pale grey to bright cream-bufi"; on the necks the palest markings 

 are obsolete, and on the centre of the crown, which is darker than 

 elsewhere, these central streaks become longitudinal and spatulate 

 in shape. The tail is like the back, but the markings form broken 

 irregular bars. 



Below the chin and throat are more or less immaculate and vary 

 from smoky white to a rather rich buff'; the front and sides of the 

 neck are buff or rufous, each feather edged with black ; the breast 

 is much mottled with black or dark brown and fulvous, the feathers 

 with whitish centres ; towards the abdomen the general colour 

 becomes paler, and the white central spots purer w^hite and more 

 definite ; the abdomen, vent, thighs and under tail-coverts are the 

 same, but with the mottling, finer, paler and duller. 



The range of variation in general tone in the lower parts is 

 quite as great as in the upper, some specimens appearing brown or 

 grey-brown and others quite a bright ferruginous. 



Colours of soft ixi.rts. — Legs dull pale horny-brown or fleshy- 

 brown ; irides dark brown ; bill dark brown, paler at tip. 



Measurements. — Wing, 220 to 230 mm., average 224 mm. ; tail, 

 180 to 205 mm., average 194 mm. ; tarsus, 65 to 74 mm. ; bill at 

 front about 14-15 mm. 



