222 Manual of the Game Birds of .India. 



Many of the feathers of the wing have a 

 metallic green gloss. The rump and the 

 tail-coverts are rich chestnut, all the 

 feathers with small white marks and 

 blackish tips. The longer tail-coverts are 

 dark chocolate-brown or blackish. The 

 tail is entirely black. The first ten quills 

 of the wing are plain brown. The throat, 

 foreneck and sides of the neck are black, 

 barred with white. The breast and the 

 upper belly are buff, spotted with black. 

 The sides of the body are chestnut, each 

 feather with a black tip divided into two 

 parts by a white bar. The lower belly is 

 dull chestnut with a few dull white bars, 

 and the feathers under the tail are mixed 

 black and chestnut. 



The female has the crown black with a 

 few narrow chestnut streaks. The whole 

 upper plumage is dark olive-brown and 

 the tail black. All the feathers of the 

 wing are very dark brown, but this colour 

 is almost entirely concealed by the broad 

 olive-brown fringes to the feathers. A 

 stripe over the eye is chestnut mottled 

 with black, the cheeks are buff, and the 

 throat mixed chestnut and buff. The fore- 

 neck and chest are a dull olive-brown with 

 black tips to the feathers. The breast 

 and the upper belly are clear buff with 



