206 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
undulating lines of dusky; flank, gray, cloudy, barred 
with black ; scapular the same ; primaries brownish gray ; 
secondaries lighter; back, grayish brown, barred with 
fine lines of white ; rump and upper tail coverts blackish 
brown ; tail feathers grayish brown, lighter at the base ; 
lower tail coverts brownish black, rather lighter than 
the upper. Length 20 inches; wing 9 1-2. Female, 
about 2 inches smaller, with the head, neck, breast and 
general color of the upper parts, brown, darker on the 
upper part of the head, lighter on the back. Bull, legs 
and feet, similar to those of the male. The weight of 
the adult male is about 2 1-2 pounds, and that of the 
female, 2 lbs. 7 oz. 
