230 Mammal of the Game Birds of India. 



of the crown with dark centres, those of 

 the other parts more or less minutely 

 mottled. The hindneck is blackish, 

 bordered in front and at the sides by a 

 white band. The sides of the lower part 

 of the neck, the breast, and the upper 

 part of .the abdomen are usually pure 

 white, but these parts are frequently 

 tinged with ferruginous. The lower part 

 of the abdomen is minutely vermiculated 

 with brown. The sides of the body are 

 beautifully vermiculated with black and 

 pale buff, the lower feathers very much 

 lengthened; a large patch on each flank 

 is yellowish buff. The under tail-coverts 

 are black, some of the lateral feathers 

 margined with buff. The axillaries are 

 white, mottled with brown; the under 

 wing-coverts ashy brown with narrow 

 whitish margins. The mantle, the back, 

 and the upper scapulars are vermiculated 

 with black and buff. The outer scapulars 

 are chiefly black, forming a large patch 

 of this colour. The long, pointed scapu- 

 lars are chiefly black, variegated with long 

 hnes of buff. The rump is dark brown, 

 irregularly vermiculated and mottled with 

 buff. The upper tail-coverts are blackish 

 on the outer, pale buff on the inner, 

 web. The middle tail-feathers are black; 



