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hinder ones entirely white. A ruff com- 

 mences at the ears, passes down the sides 

 of the neck to the shoulders, and is con- 

 tinued across the breast. The feathers 

 of this ruff are entirely black on the upper 

 portion of the neck ; lower down they 

 are longer and are white tipped with 

 black ; and at the base of the neck they 

 are entirely white and fully six inches in 

 length. The ruff across the breast con- 

 sists of soft broad feathers of a bluish 

 grey colour. The whole upper plumage, 

 the middle pair of tail-feathers and the 

 greater part of the visible portions of the 

 closed wings are fulvous, barred and ver- 

 miculated with black ; the other tail- 

 feathers are rufous, dotted with black, 

 crossed by two bluish bars, and tipped 

 white. The first five quills of the wing 

 are white with black tips, the others pro- 

 gressively with more black and with less 

 white. The throat is white; the fore 

 neck speckled with fulvous ; and the lower 

 plumage white. 



Male : length up to 30 ; wing about 1 6 ; 

 tail about 10. Female : length up to 27 ; 

 wing about 15 ; tail about 9. Legs dull 

 yellow ; irides -yellow ; bill dusky, tinged 

 with green below. A fine male weighs 

 5 \ lb., and a fine female 3! Ib. 



