MASSENA PARTRIDGE. 73 
Adult Female.—General color, light pinkish cinnamon, upper 
parts barred with black, more inclined to blotches, the bars fre- 
quently close together in places, and streaked with buff; head, 
without black or white stripes, barred on top and on crest with 
black; throat, pinky white; a few black spots on flanks, and 
lower parts of chest; abdomen and anal region, buff; secondaries, 
brownish black, barred with pale cinnamon; primaries, dark 
brown, spotted with white on outer webs; maxilla, black; mandi- 
ble, pale horn color; claws, horn color, Total length, 83 inches; 
wing, 5; tail, 2}; tarsus, 1}. bill, along culmen, 8. 
Young, about Half Grown,—Similar on upper parts to the 
female; throat and chin, pure white; under parts, brownish 
white, spotted with blackish brown, and streaked with buffy 
white; some black feathers appearing among the brown on the 
anal region; top of head rich brown, barred with black, and 
streaked with buffy white along the shaft ; wings, pinkish cinna- 
mon, streaked with white, and occasional blackish bars across 
the feathers; primaries, as in the adult. Bill, light horn color. 
Downy Young.—Head, pale brown; becoming gradually 
whitish on the throat, the occiput with a broad patch of chest- 
nut; a blackish streak behind the eye; upper parts rusty brown- 
ish, indistinctly spotted with dusky, the rump bordered along 
each side by a whitish stripe; lower parts nearly uniform dull 
white.—ARidgway. 
