148 R I N G . T A 1 L. Clafs II: 



fome dulky bars: the legs are yellow, long and 



{lender. 

 Defer. The female weighs fixteen ounces ; is twenty 

 inches long ; and three feet nine inches broad : on 

 the hind part of the head, round the ears to the chin, 

 is a wreath of fhort ftiff feathers of a dusky hue, tipt 

 with a reddifh white : on the top of the head, and 

 the checks, the feathers are dulky, bordered with 

 ruft color ; under each eye is a white fpot : the back 

 is dufky j the rump white, with oblong yellowifh 

 fpots on each fhaft -, the tail is long, and marked 

 wich alternate bars of dufky and tawny ; of which the 

 dusky bars are the broadeft ; the breall and belly are 

 of a yellowifh brown, with a caft of red, and marked 

 "with oblong dusky fpots : but we have met with one 

 fpecimen that had thofe parts entirely plain. The 

 legs in color and fhape refemble thofe of the male. 

 Thefe birds fly very low, skimming the furface of 

 the ground ; and are very deftrudive to our young 

 poultry : they lay four eggs, befmeared over with 

 red, a little white appearing here and there? 



XVI. The 



