414 FEATHERED GAME 
rich, dark green, this color running down the 
neck, stopping abruptly on the lower neck and 
breast. In front the white becomes a very light 
reddish brown, streaked with black. Under- 
neath a very light salmon color. Wing for the 
most part black, but with a few feathers in the 
front of it pure white with black edges. Upper 
back black, also interscapulars and inner scap- 
ulars. Lower back grey, waved with darker 
gray and dusky. Bill vermilion red, dusky on 
top and black hooked. Iris bright red; feet ver- 
milion. 
The female is clad in a modest suit of gray 
and white. The head and upper neck is a 
brownish red with a patch of white on the throat 
and chin, this shading gradually into the red- 
dish color of the head. The upper parts ashy 
or bluish gray; below white. A white patch in 
the wing. Feet, iris and bill as in the male bird. 
The females of this and the preceding species 
are very similar in their dress but may usually 
be distinguished by their size, the female of 
this bird being much smaller and lacking much 
of the delicate salmon tinge on the under parts, 
but if there is any doubt the position of the 
nostril will show to which species a specimen 
