142 FEATHERED GAME 



him. He may weigh six ounces if appearances 

 count for anything. He is ten inches or so in 

 length, and in extent about eighteen inches. 

 His head is mainly black with a strip of pale 

 yellow ochre over the crown, and on each side 

 of the head another stripe of the same color 

 running to and above the eyes. Neck all 

 around streaked with black and pale brownish 

 yellow, the black predominating behind. The 

 wing quills and upper coverts are brownish 

 black, these last with tawny reddish and yel- 

 lowish markings. On his back the same dark 

 brown color, the scapulars, edged with golden 

 yellow and chestnut, making long stripes on 

 each side when the bird is at rest with closed 

 wings. The rump is black, the feathers tipped 

 with white; inside of wings, axillars and the 

 flanks white with regular barrings of black. 

 Tail feathers black, tipped with a rich chestnut 

 band, which is again divided by a narrow black 

 line, and the ends of the feathers lighter chest- 

 nut, fading to a whitish hue. His belly is 

 white; throat and breast yellowish, with strag- 

 gling lines of dull brown. 



Let us hope that you will appreciate him at 

 the table. If you are a judge of the good things 



