48 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
flanks elegantly waved with large semi-circles of pale 
brown ; sides of the vent, pure white ; under tail coverts 
black ; back, deep brown with black, each feather waved 
with large semi-ovals of brownish white; lesser wing 
coverts, a bright blue; primaries, dusky brown ; second- 
aries, black ; speculum or beauty spot, rich green ; ter- 
tials, edged with black or light blue and streaked down 
their middle with white ; the tail, which is pointed, ex- 
tends two inches beyond the wings ; legs and feet, yel- 
low, the latter very small; the two crescents of white 
before the eyes meet on the throat. 
The female differs in having the head and neck of a 
dull dusky slate, instead of the rich violet of the male ; 
the hind of head is also whitish ; the wavings of the back 
and lower parts more indistinct. 
Wing nearly the same in both. 
