40 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



The female has the crown, the sides of 

 the head, the back and sides of the neck 

 fulvous streaked with black ; the remain- 

 ing upper plumage fulvous irregularly 

 barred with black; but, as in the male, 

 there is a large patch of unbarred fulvous 

 on the wing. The quills of the wing are 

 pale slaty, each with a whitish terminal 

 margin. The tail resembles that of the 

 male. The throat is pale yellow, which 

 colour extends to the sides of the neck, 

 these parts being marked with a few tiny 

 black streaks. The yellow on the throat 

 is bounded by a black band followed by 

 a grey patch. The foreneck and the 

 upper breast are fulvous spotted with 

 black, succeeded by an interrupted black 

 band, below which a portion of the breast 

 is plain fulvous. The belly and the sides 

 of the body are deep black, and the thighs 

 and the feathers under the tail are white. 



Length about 14 ; wing about 9 ; tail 

 from 4 to 5 ; legs grey ; irides brown ; 

 bill bluish. Weight up to 20 oz. 



