144 Manual of the Game Birds of India. 



two bands meeting and surrounding the 

 chestnut crown. The sides of the head 

 and the sides and back of the neck are 

 chestnut spotted with black. The upper 

 plumage, wings and tail are dark olive- 

 brown, the feathers indistinctly margined 

 darker, and those of the wings and tail 

 marked with triangular black spots, many 

 of the wing-coverts with a large oval 

 black spot and a chestnut tip. The chin 

 and throat are chestnut followed by a 

 white patch and next by a black band. 

 The breast is deep chestnut and the belly 

 smoky grey. The sides of the body are 

 grey, with triangular white spots, and 

 dashed with chestnut. 



Length about 1 1 ; wing about 5 ; tail 

 about 2 ; the colour of the legs, irides 

 and bill in life is not known. 



