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stripe is only indicated. There is often more or less of dusky on the 
lower mandible, which, in some, is entirely of this colour, but in others 
almost wholly orange.” 
‘¢ The irides, brown in the young, grow redder with age, and in old 
males become a deep red, with scarcely a tinge of brown.” 
“The legs and feet, including the webs, are bright vermilion in the 
old of both sexes, perhaps rather duller in the females, and reddish- 
orange in younger birds. The claws greyish or horny white, brownish 
or reddish towards their bases” (Hume). 
“ Length about 25; tail 4:25"; wing 9°5"; tarsus 2-0"; bill from 
gave 27" (Blanford). . 
“Wing 10°95" to 11°8"; tail from vent 4°80"-5°9" ; culmen 1:90'- 
9°10"; tarsus 1°68’-1'80"”’ (Salvadori), 
3 Wing 10°95" to 12°1"; tarsus 1°86" to 2°03" ; bill from gape 2°25" 
to 2°6"; weight 2 lbs. 12 oz. to 3 lbs. 5 oz.” (Hume). 
It will be seen from the above that the wing varies from 9° 5! to 
12°1" according to different authorities, 
Description ; Adult female —Chin and throat white and lores somewhat 
albescent ; rest of head and neck dull rufous, the crown more brown ; 
sides of neck and whole lower surface white, the flanks striped with 
grey ; primaries and first few secondaries dark brown, the next few 
white, and the innermost grey with dark margins; upper parts grey, 
rather mottled in appearance and the upper tail coverts with dark 
shafts ; tail grey-brown with darker shafts; some of the scapulars 
very dark brown, the lesser and median wing coverts mottled grey 
and greyish-white. 
The colour of the soft parts seem to resemble those of the male, but 
are, on an average, somewhat darker and more dull. 
In size it is considerably smaller. Blanford gives the wing at about 
9", and Hume as 6°8" to 10°95". The weight as being 2 Ibs. to 2 lbs. 10 oz. 
“ Young in first plumage, closely tesemble adult females, but have 
shorter crests, and brown instead of grey warkings on the breast and 
flanks ; males may be distinguished by paler feathers on the median 
wing-coverts and outer scapulars and darker feathers on the inner 
scapulars ’’ (Seebohm). 
“ Males in moulting plumage, closely resemble adult females, but 
have traces ofa black ring round the neck and are darker on the back 
