120 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



and upper parts of neck very short ; of the back and lower 

 parts in general, broad and rounded. Wings of moderate length, 

 narrow, acute. Primaries strong, curved, tapering ; second 

 lono-est ; first scarcely shorter ; secondaries broad, rather point- 

 ed, the inner elongated and tapering, as are the scapulars. Tail 

 short, rounded and acuminate, of sixteen acuminate feathers. 



" Bill black. Iris brown. Feet light bluish-gray. Head and 

 upper part of the neck chestnut-brown ; a broad band narrowing 

 backward from the eye down the back of the neck, deep, shin- 

 ing green, edged Avith black below ; under which is a white line, 

 which, before the eye, meets another that curves forward and 

 downward to the angles of the mouth. Chin brownish-black, as 

 are the feathers at the base of the upper mandible. Upper parts 

 and flanks beautifully undulated with narrow, brownish-black 

 and white bars ; anterior to the wings is a short, broad, trans- 

 verse band of white. Wings brownish-gray ; the speculum in 

 the lower half violet-black, the upper bright green, changing to 

 purple, and edged with black ; behind margined with white, be- 

 fore with reddish-white. Tail brownish-gray, the feathers mar- 

 gined with paler ; the upper coverts brownish-black, edged 

 with light yellowish-gray. Lower part of neck anteriorly 

 barred as behind. Breast yellowish-white, spotted with black ; 

 its lower part white. Abdomen white, faintly barred with gray. 

 A patch of black under the tail ; the lateral tail-coverts creain- 

 colored, the larger black, with broad white margins and tips. 



" Length to end of tail, 14| inches; to end of claws, 15|^; 

 extent of wings, 24 ; wing from flexure, 7| ; tail, 3l ; bill 

 along the back, lya ; along the edge of lower mandible, lya ; 

 tarsus, 1/2 ; middle toe, li% ; its claw, t? ; weight, lOoz. 



" Adult female. 



" The female wants the elongated crest, and differs greatly in 

 coloring. The head and neck are streaked with dark brown 

 and light red ; the foreneck whitish ; the upper parts mottled 

 with dark brown ; the anterior feathers barred, the posteriors 

 margined with yellowish-white. The wings are nearly as in 

 the male, but the green of the speculum is less extensive ; the 



