142 FEATHERED GAME 
him. He may weigh six ounces if appearances 
count for anything. He is ten inches or so in 
length, and in extent about eighteen inches. 
His head is mainly black with a strip of pale 
yellow ochre over the crown, and on each side 
of the head another stripe of the same color 
running to and above the eyes. Neck all 
around streaked with black and pale brownish 
yellow, the black predominating behind. The 
wing quills and upper coverts are brownish 
black, these last with tawny reddish and yel- 
lowish markings. On his back the same dark 
brown color, the scapulars, edged with golden 
yellow and chestnut, making long stripes on 
each side when the bird is at rest with closed 
wings. The rump is black, the feathers tipped 
with white; inside of wings, axillars and the 
flanks white with regular barrings of black. 
Tail feathers black, tipped with a rich chestnut 
band, which is again divided by a narrow black 
line, and the ends of the feathers lighter chest- 
nut, fading to a whitish hue. His belly is 
white; throat and breast yellowish, with strag- 
gling lines of dull brown. 
Let us hope that you will appreciate him at 
the table. If you are a judge of the good things 
