96 HISTORY OF 



small mound. It lays seven eggs, of a dusky yellow colour, 

 spotted with brown. 



The adult male has the crown, occiput, throat, neck, and 

 upper part of the breast, deep black. An irregular stripe of 

 dusky or reddish white extends from the eye down each side of 

 the neck to the breast, which, with the abdomen and under tail 

 coverts, is of the same colour. Back of the neck, chesnut ; 

 quills and tail feathers, brown, with the outer edges dusky 

 white; back, brown, each feather with the centre black. In 

 the female, the plumage is altogether of a duller cast ; the 

 black of the head and neck is mottled with white, and the 

 chesnut feathers on the back of the neck are edged with grey. 

 The young much resemble the female. 



