156 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 



part of the back, rump, abdomen, and upper and lower 

 tail coverts brownish black ; middle of the back, scap-, 

 ulars, inner secondaries, anterior part of abdomen and 

 sides, grayish white, beautifully marked with undulat- 

 ing black lines ; middle of the breast white ; wings 

 light brownish gray ; alula, primaries at the base and 

 end, and greater part of secondaries, brownish black ; 

 the speculum of the latter white ; length to end of tail 

 sixteen and a half inches ; extent of wings twenty- 

 nine ; weight 1 lb. 6 ozs. 



Adult Female. — The female agrees with the male in 

 the characters of the plumage and in the colors of the 

 bare parts, but those of the former differ considerably. 

 The head, neck and fore parts of the back and breast 

 are umber brown ; and there is a broad patch of white 

 along the fore part of the forehead ; the upper parts in 

 general are brownish black ; the middle of the back 

 and scapulars, undulated with whitish dots and bars ; 

 the primary quills are grayish in the middle, and the 

 speculum is white, but of less extent than in the male ; 

 the greater part of the breast and abdomen is white ; 

 the sides and parts under the tail umber brown. 



Length sixteen and a half inches ; extent of wings 

 28 ; weight 1 lb., 6 oz. 



