UPLAND SHOOTING. 



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and rounded. Wings of moderate length, acute ; primaries 

 narrow and tapering ; the second longest, the first very little 

 shorter ; secondaries broad, curved inward, the inner elongated 

 and tapering. Tail short, much rounded, of sixteen acute fea- 

 thers, of which the four central are recurved. 



" Bill greenish-yellow. Iris dark brown. Feet orange-red. 

 Head and upper part of neck deep green, a ring of white about, 

 the middle of the neck ; lower part anteriorly, and fore part of 

 breast dark brownish-chestnut ; fore part of back light yellowish- 

 brown, tinged with gray ; the rest of the back brownish-black ; 

 the rump black, splendent with green and purplish-blue reflec- 

 tions, as are the recurved tail feathers. Upper surface of wing3 

 grayish-brown ; the scapulars lighter, except their inner webs, 

 and with the anterior dorsal feathers minutely undulated with 

 brown. The speculum, or beauty spot, on about ten of the 

 secondaries, is of brilliant changing purple and green, edged 

 with velvet-black and white, the anterior bands of black and 

 white being on the secondary coverts. Breast, sides, and 

 abdomen, very pale gray, minutely undulated with darker ; 

 lower tail coverts black, with blue reflections.' 



" Length to the end of tail, 24 inches ; to the end of the claws, 

 23 ; to the tips of the wings, 22 ; extent of wings, 36 ; wing 

 from flexure, 10^; tail, 4^ ; bill, 2x% ; tarsus, Ij; middle toe, 

 2fV ; its claw T2 ; weight, from 2^ to 3lbs. 



" Adult female. 



" Bill black in the middle, dull orange at the extremities and 

 along the edges. Iris as in the male, as are the feet. The 

 general color of the upper parts is pale yellowish-brown, 

 streaked and spotted with dusky brown. The feathers of the 

 head are narrowly streaked, of the back with the margin and a 

 central streak yellowish-brown, the rest of the scapulars similar, 

 but with the light streak on the outer web. The wings are 

 nearly as in the male ; the speculum similar, but with less 

 green. The lower parts dull olive, deeper on the lower neck, 

 and spotted with brown. 



" Length, 22 inches ; weight, from 2lbs. to 2h. 



