HKN H AEEIER. 120 



and lesser under wing coverts, white. The tail white, except 

 the two middle feathers, which are grey, with sometimes a few 

 markings; the inner webs of the outer ones are harred with 

 eight dark grey or dusky bars; the outer webs grey, without 

 bars generally, but some have them slightly barred with rust- 

 colour: underneath it is greyish white, with traces of five 

 darker bars ; upper and under tail coverts, white. Legs, long, 

 feathered, and as the toes, yellow; claws, black. 



Female; weight, about eighteen ounces; length, one foot 

 eight to one foot nine inches; bill, black; cere, yellow; iris, 

 yellow; the eyes are surrounded with white or pale greyish 

 yellow; bristles, as in the male; forehead, pale greyish yellow. 

 Head, brown, the feathers margined with rufous, forming a 

 faint collar; neck, as the head; the ruff, which is more 

 distinct than in the male, dusky, or reddish, or yellowish 

 white, or white; the shafts of the feathers brown; nape, 

 rufous; chin, white; throat, light rufous, the feathers marked 

 as on the breast. Breast, yellowish white, or pale rufous 

 brown, streaked with orange brown or dusky in the centre 

 of each feather, and the shafts still darker. Back, brown, 

 varied with yellowish or reddish brown. 



The wings as in the male, except as to the length of the 

 quills, (vide supra) they expand to from two feet and a half 

 to two feet ten inches. Greater and lesser wing coverts, 

 brown, margined with r,ufous ; primaries, dusky, the outer webs 

 cinereous, barred beneath with white and dark brown; 

 secondaries and tertiaries, dusky, slightly edged with a paler 

 shade; greater and lesser under wing coverts, reddish white, 

 with dark centres to the feathers. Tail, light brown, white 

 at the base, barred on the side feathers with waved bars of 

 darker and lighter brown six on the middle, and four on 

 the side feathers the lighter ones shaded to rufous on the 

 inner webs, which appear whitish underneath; the last bar 

 is the widest; the inner webs, excepting those of the two 

 middle feathers, pale reddish grey; the shafts pale brown. 

 In some specimens the outer feather on each siide is light, 

 and without bars; the tip of the tail whitish or pale rust- 

 colour; underneath the tail is paler, the middle feathers 

 barred with dusky black .and dull white. Tail coverts, 

 white, sometimes with a few brown markings; under tail 

 coverts, as the breast, but lighter and less marked, sometimes 

 spotless. Legs, yellow, feathered in front as in the male, 

 one third down; toes, yellow; claws, black. 



