268 FEATHERED GAME 
fact that there is no gaudy color in his raiment. 
His head and neck are jet black, with a broad 
half-encircling band of white from beneath the 
throat and chin running up on each cheek just 
behind the eye, and usually a touch of white on 
his eyelids. The upper parts are grayish 
brown shading off from the black of the lower 
neck with each feather a trifle lighter on its 
edges. The rump black; the upper tail coverts 
snowy white, standing out in beautiful contrast 
between the rump and the tail feathers, which 
are also jet black. Below, the same color as 
above, but of lighter shade, the gray breast 
growing lighter still toward the lower parts, the 
crissum being pure white. The iris is brown; 
bill and feet black. His length is from thirty- 
six to thirty-nine inches, and the spread of his 
wings may exceed five feet. The female is 
marked like the male, and save for a somewhat 
brownish tone in the blacks she is exactly simi- 
lar to her mate. 
