156 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
part of the back, rump, abdomen, and upper and lower 
tail coverts brownish black ; middle of the back, scap- 
ulars, inner secondaries, anterior part of abdomen and 
sides, grayish white, beautifully marked with undulat- 
ing black lines; middle of the breast white; wings 
light brownish gray; alula, primaries at the base and 
end, and greater part of secondaries, brownish black ; 
the speculum of the latter white ; length to end of tail 
sixteen and a half inches; extent of wings twenty- 
nine; weight 1 Ib. 6 ozs. 
Adult Female.—The female agrees with the male in 
the characters of the plumage and in the colors of the 
bare parts, but those of the former differ considerably. 
The head, neck and fore parts of the back and breast 
are umber brown; and there is a broad patch of white 
along the fore part of the forehead ; the upper parts in 
general are brownish black; the middle of the back 
and scapulars, undulated with whitish dots and bars; 
the primary quills are grayish in the middle, and the 
speculum is white, but of less extent than in the male ; 
the greater part of the breast and abdomen is white ; 
the sides and parts under the tail umber brown. 
Length sixteen and a half inches; extent of wings 
28; weight 1 lb., 6 oz. 
