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easy mark. The coloring of the bare skin on face and throat, 

 extending even upon the upper neck, in life is very bright and 

 beautiful. In the dry skin this disappears into a uniform dull 

 yellow, and gives no idea of the gradation of the beautiful red of 

 the upper portion into the clear lemon-yellow of the lower. 

 When walking this bird carries its tail rather low, and has an 

 arched back, making an outline similar to that of a guinea fowl. 

 We did not find the flesh of this species any better than that of 

 other birds we tried, in fact, in the majority of cases it was most 

 decidedly tough and flavorless. It is a handsome creature 

 though, and I always took much pleasure in watching the birds 

 as they wandered about the camp. We shot but few, for it 

 would have been wasteful slaughter to kill them, as we did not 

 care much for them as an article of food, and had not the facili- 

 ties for carrying away skins for specimens. 



