414 FEATHERED GAME 



rich, dark green, this color running down the 

 neck, stopping abruptly on the lower neck and 

 breast. In front the white becomes a very light 

 reddish brown, streaked with black. Under- 

 neath a very light salmon color. Wing for the 

 most part black, but with a few feathers in the 

 front of it pure white with black edges. Upper 

 back black, also interscapulars and inner scap- 

 ulars. Lower back grey, waved with darker 

 gray and dusky. Bill vermilion red, dusky on 

 top and black hooked. Iris bright red ; feet ver- 

 milion. 



The female is clad in a modest suit of gray 

 and white. The head and upper neck is a 

 brownish red with a patch of white on the throat 

 and chin, this shading gradually into the red- 

 dish color of the head. The upper parts ashy 

 or bluish gray ; below white. A white patch in 

 the wing. Feet, iris and bill as in the male bird. 

 The females of this and the preceding species 

 are very similar in their dress but may usually 

 be distinguished by their size, the female of 

 this bird being much smaller and lacking much 

 of the delicate salmon tinge on the under parts, 

 but if there is any doubt the position of the 

 nostril will show to which species a specimen 



