164 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
barred with black, the bars broader and more conspicuous on 
neck; abdomen and belly, white; under tail-coverts, mummy 
brown, barred with black; loral space and ring around the eye, 
black, and a scarlet comb above the eye; side of neck, of a 
slightly paler hue than back or breast. Total length, 1344 
inches; wing, 73; tail, 4; tarsus, 14; exposed culmen, 3. 
Adult Female tn Summer.—Entire upper parts, including 
scapulars, tertials, and upper tail-coverts, ochraceous, blotched 
and barred with black, most of the feathers tipped with white, 
except those on hind-neck, which are tipped with ochraceous; 
tail, square, clove-brown, the four median feathers tipped with 
white; secondaries, wing-coverts, and primaries, white, with 
black shafts, except those of inner secondaries, which are white; 
throat, white; breast, sides of body, and under tail-coverts, och- 
raceous buff, lighter than the back, and broadly barred with 
black; center of breast, abdomen, and belly, pure white; thighs 
and tarsus covered with white feathers; bill and claws, black. 
Total length, 12} inches; wing, 6%; tail, 47%; tarsus, 1,;; ex- 
posed culmen, 4. 
The winter dress of both sexes is white. 
