ii6 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



line. Throat reddish-white ; neck variegated with 

 dusky colour and reddish-white. The long feathers 

 of the back and scapulars are deep glossy purplish- 

 black, mottled with light red, broadly bordered ex- 

 ternally with pale yellowish-red, internally with rich 

 glossy green. There are four lengthened pale red 

 bands on the back ; from middle of back towards the 

 hind-part of it purplish-black. The feathers nar- 

 rowly tipped with greyish-white ; upper tail coverts 

 and rump dusky, mottled with light red and mar- 

 gined with deep buff. The tail feathers are dusky, 

 waved with dull red and margined with light ; the 

 wings dusky, coverts and quills tipped with greyish- 

 white ; the breast and belly white. Upper part of 

 sides streaked with red and dusky; legs and feet 

 pale greenish-blue. Length, from bill to end of tail, 

 eight and a half inches. 



