374 LEWIS'S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



behind the eye a bar of white ; chin and throat, for two inches, 

 also white ; head and neck dark drab ; breast, dusky brown, 

 marked with large triangular spots of white ; back dark glossy 

 bronze-brown, with some gold and greenish reflections ; speculum 

 of the wings nearly the same as in the male, but the fine pencil- 

 ling of the sides and the long hair-like tail-coverts are wanting ; 

 the tail is also shorter." 



