i 98 RET) -COLLARED BENGALY. 
ground colour of the plumage, both above and be- 
neath, is of a delicate fawn or isabella colour, 
prettily variegated with short angulated transverse 
lines, of which one or sometimes two are at the 
tip of each feather ; these lines are close and broad 
upon the head, and partly obliterated in the middle 
of the hack, and are few and wide asunder on the 
flanks ; the wing -covers and the tertials are marked 
in the same manner, but the primaries and second- 
aries are brown, simply edged with fawn ; the chin 
and beginning of the neck is nearly white, crossed 
by a bright red bar, which also covers the ears ; the 
rest of the throat is plain fawn, which colour is 
continued on the flanks and under wing-covers. 
The middle of the breast is marked by several large 
white spots, almost round and partly encircled with 
black, — then comes a patch of deep cinnamon, ana- 
logous to that in the partridge, and below this spot 
the middle of the belly becomes white. The tail is 
rounded ; all the lateral feathers are blackish brown, 
with clear white tips ; the middle pair alone being 
of the same colour as the wings. Bill and feet 
whitish. 
In regard to the form, we may observe, that the 
first perfect quill is the longest ; the hind-toe and 
claw is shorter than the lateral ones, and not so 
long as the tarsus ; the claws are curved and rather 
broad. 
Total length, 5 inches ; bill from the gape, ; 
wings, 2 j 3 5 ; tail, 1 ; tarsus, ^ ; hind- toe and 
claw, r V 
