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scapulars, buff with dark brown bars, definite and glossed with green 

 on the scapulars and coverts next them, broken and with practically 

 no gloss elsewhere. 



Colours of the 8oft Parts. — Bare portion of the face and cheeks 

 livid white ; bill dark horny, darkest at the tip and along culmen ; 

 lower mandible paler ; iris dark hazel brown ; legs and feet greyish 

 brown to dark horny brown ; claws still darker. 



Measurements. — Total length to end of true tail about 3'-6" ; to 

 the end of the upper tail coverts or train 6' to 7'-6" ; wing, 17'5" to 

 19^5" (444-5 to 495-3 mm.) ; tail 15" to 18" (383-0 to 458-2mm.) ; 

 tarsus 5" to 5-5" (127 to 139 mm.); bill at front about 1-6" 

 (40-6 mm.); and from gape about 2" (50-8 mm.) . 



" Length 80 to 92 ; to end of true tail only 40 to 46 ; the train in full 



breeding plumage projects from 40 to 48" (and I have been assured even 



54") beyond the end of the true tail ; wing i8 to 19 ; tail from vent 



18 to 21 ; tarsus 5-5 to 5-75 ; biUfrom gaj)e 1-9 ; weight 9 to 11 J lbs." 



(Hume.) 



A train of one of these birds for many years in the possession of 



my father was full 5'-3" in length, but I have seen only one other, 



that of a male shot in N. Cachar, which approached this in length. 



The bird from which the above train was taken was shot in Maldap. 



Adult Female. — Top of the head mosth^ dark chestnut, each 



feather bordered with golden brown, becoming paler on the neck ; 



mantle golden green ; remainder of the upper surface brownish, 



marked and barred with brownish white or buff; primary quills and 



tail feathers dark brown with paler tips, lower breast and abdomen 



whitish buff. 



Measurements. — Total length to end of tail rather under 3' ; wing 

 about 16" (406 mm.); tail 13" (330 mm.); tarsus about 4-8" 

 (103-6 mm.) ; bill at front about 1-5" (38-3 mm.). 



" Females : length 36 to 40 ; wing 15-75 to 16-5 ; tail from vent 12-75 



to 14-5 ; tarsus 5-0 to 5-2 ; bill from gape 1-7 to 1-8 ; weight 6 to 8%- 



lbs."— (Hume.) 



A female shot by me in the N. Cachar Hills weighed fall 9 lbs. 



Young Males resemble the adult female but have the primary 



quills pale chestnut, as in the males, but mottled with dark brown. 



Young Bird, 9 weehs old. — Top of head pale sandy with black 



bases to the feathers ; crest about half an inch long, black at the 



base, brownish chestnut on the terminal half and tipped with 



black ; general colour of the upper parts, including the wings and 



tail, light brown, barred and freckled with brownish black ; under 



surface of the body yellowish white becoming browner on the chest. 



Chick in down. — Pale buff with dark brown nuchal mark running 

 from behind one eye to the other and down across the neck ; back 

 deeper rufous brown ; quills of wing pale dull chestnut mottled with 

 brown, and secondaries barred and mottled with brown and pale 

 tipped. 



