128 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



The male Crested Wood-Partridge has 

 the crest maroon and a band immediately 

 in front of the crest white. With these 

 exceptions the whole head and neck are 

 black. The upper plumage is glossy 

 bluish green and the tail black. The 

 greater part of the visible portion of the 

 closed wing is dark brown, more or less 

 freckled with rufous on the outer webs 

 of the feathers. The outer webs of the 

 first ten quills of the wing are rufous 

 freckled with brown ; the inner webs 

 plain brown. The whole lower plumage 

 is bluish black. 



In the female the whole head and the 

 neck are grey, with a band of dull black 

 on the hindneck. The remaining plumage 

 is green, tinged with slaty on the belly, 

 and the tail is slaty brown. The whole 

 wing is chestnut more or less freckled 

 with brown. 



Length about n ; wing about 5^ ; tail 

 about 2 1 ; legs bright red; irides brown; 

 bill black with some red at the base ; 

 naked parts of the head red. Weight 

 up to i o oz. 



