234 GAME-BIRDS OF INDIA 



The Plate of this bird requires little comment. The iris of 

 the male should be deep-brown and the upper mandible should have 

 far less yellow or none at all. The plumage of the head and neck is 

 also unusually thick and heavy, though a few birds may have it as 

 dense when just moulted. 



The female is excellent, but the spear-shaped centres to the 

 feathers of the back are perhaps a little too definite. 



