TKE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 327 



" The legs and feet are pale yellow, never clear and bright, mostly 

 with a dingy or greenish, or plumbeous tinge, at times creamy ; the 

 bill is blackish or dusky above, paler, usually greenish or yellowish 

 on gape and lower mandible. 



" Length, 28 to 30-25 ; expanse 51-5 to 57-75 ; wing 15 to 16-1 ; 

 tail from vent 8-5 to 10-25 ; tarsus 3-4 to 3-9 ; bill from gape 2-3 

 to 2-4. Weight 4 to 5^ lbs." (Hume). 



The measurements of the few males I have measured have been 

 as follows : wing 14-3" to 16-2", tail 8-5" to 9-5"; bill, culmen 1-35" 

 to 1-5" and from gape 2-1" to 2-35" ; mid toe 1-65" to 2-0". 



Sharpe gives the measurements as " Total length about 28 inches, 

 culmen 1-8, wing 15-7, tail 9-5, tarsus 4-9." These measurements 

 are very curious as he makes out the female to be a much smaller 

 bird, yet gives a longer wing measurement for the female than for 

 the male. The measurement given for the tarsus 4-9 is probably a 

 slip or misprint for 3-9. 



Adult female. — " Differs from the male in being ver}' much 

 smaller and in having the crest and the ruff of the neck more feebly 

 developed, the freckling on the foreneck and lower throat appearing 

 to be rather coarser than in the male. Total length 23 inches, 

 culmen 1-65; wing 16; tail 7; tarsus 3-7." (Sharpe). 



My measurements for the female are as follows : wing 13-5" to 

 15-0"; bill from front on culmen 1-2" to 1'35" and from gape 

 1-8" to 2-2" ; mid toe 1-56" to 1-85". 



Hume records the measurement as •' Length 25 to 27-5 ; 

 expanse 47 to 51 ; wing 14-25 to 15-25; tail from vent 7-75 to 

 9-25; 3-15 to 3-6; bill from gape 2-0 to 2-5; weight 2 lbs. 10 

 ozs. to 3 lbs. 12 ozs. " 



Young birds. — " Can alwaj^s be recognized from the adult female 

 which they most resemble, by the sandy coloured arrow head 

 markings which pervade the whole of the upper plumage. The 

 frill is always very small, the crest on the head is represented onlj" 

 by a few elongated feathers, which are only recognized hy 

 somewhat coarser black freckling and the white of the primaries is 

 distinctly inclined to sandy buff; in some specimens there is an 

 indication of a black band on the feathers of the fore neck." 

 ( Sharpe). 



