64 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



sides of the head and of the neck, the 

 chin, the throat, and the upper part of 

 the foreneck white. The crown of the 

 head and the hindneck are dark brown. 

 The lower part of the foreneck is ashy. 

 The sides of the body are plain grey. 

 In all other respects this bird resembles 

 the adult, but the upper and lower 

 plumages are more uniform with few or 

 no traces of bars or paler tips to the 

 feathers. 



The sexes vary in size according to age. 

 Length about 30; wing 17 to 18; tail 

 about 6. The bill varies between yellow 

 and orange, the nail black at all ages ; 

 the legs and feet also vary from yellow- 

 to orange, the claws black ; the irides are 

 deep brown. Weight up to about 7 lb 



