NORTHERN BLOOD PARTRIDGE 41 



moult, showing much of the mesoptile plumage. In the region near the bend of 

 the wing, a small patch of green feathers is appearing, but all down the mid breast 

 and posteriorly, the buffy-grey feathers are sprouting, vividly presaging the sharp 

 delimitation of the green in the adult of this species. The few under tail-coverts 

 are bright crimson. The measurements of this bird are : bill from nostril, 7 ; wing, 

 158; tail, 126; tarsus, 46; middle toe and claw, 44; length, 311 mm. 



