164 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



barred with black, the bars broader and more conspicuous on 

 neck; abdomen and belly, white; under tail-coverts, mummy 

 brown, barred with black; loral space and ring around the eye, 

 black, and a scarlet comb above the eye; side of neck, of a 

 slightly paler hue than back or breast. Total length, 13^^ 

 inches; wing, 7^; tail, 4; tarsus, i^; exposed culmen, \. 



Adult Female in Summer. — Entire upper parts, including 

 scapulars, tertials, and upper tail-coverts, ochraceous, blotched 

 and barred with black, most of the feathers tipped with white, 

 except those on hind-neck, which are tipped with ochraceous; 

 tail, square, clove-brown, the four median feathers tipped with 

 white; secondaries, wing-coverts, and primaries, white, with 

 black shafts, except those of inner secondaries, which are white; 

 throat, w^hite; breast, sides of body, and under tail-coverts, och- 

 raceous buff, lighter than the back, and broadly barred with 

 black; center of breast, abdomen, and belly, pure white; thighs 

 and tarsus covered with white feathers; bill and claws, black. 

 Total length, \2\ inches; wing, 6|; tail, ^^-^\ tarsus, \^^\ ex- 

 posed culmen, \. 



The winter dress of both sexes is white. 



