VANELLUS GALLINACEUS. 



and occiput are black, the throat, ring round the neck, the breast, belly, 

 and under tail-coverts, are white. Adjoining the collar is a fascia of black 

 glossy feathers, which advances on each side of the breast, The upper 

 parts of the body, the scapulars and wing-coverts, are of a yellowish-grey, 

 glossed with pale olive-green ; those immediately covering the secondary 

 quills grey, without the olivaceous tinge. The quills are black, and at the 

 bend of the wing, or metacarpal joint, is a strong horny spur, pointing for- 

 wards, and nearly half an inch long, of a yellow colour, with a black tip, 

 and very sharp ; the tail is entirely white, with a broad black bar near the 

 tip ; the tibia is naked for an inch and a half above the knee ; the tar- 

 sus is three inches in length, the general colour of the legs and toes deep 

 crimson-red. 



