BRITISH BIRDS. 
corresponds with the above figure.* He says, in de- 
scribing the male, that it weighs thirty-three ounces, 
and measures in length sixteen inches and a half; the 
females measured and weighed more. The bill from 
the tip to the brow is oiie inch and three-quarters long, 
deep at the base, flattish at the point, and of a dark 
lead colour, with the nail black ; the irides yellow ; 
the head, upper part of the neck, and breast, are of a 
brilliant dark reddish chesnut ; the sides, and the fea- 
thers which cover the thighs, are also of that colour, 
but of a duller cast, and the belly the same, but much 
mottled and broken with white; the tail, rump, and 
upper tail coverts black ; the under pure white, which 
forms a strong contrast with the black, which drops 
down before the vent feathers towards the thighs ; the 
upper plumage is dusky brown ; a collar of the same 
colour surrounds the middle of the neck, and passing 
behind, becomes uniform with the colour of the shoul- 
ders and the back ; the secondary quills are black at 
the tips, and white at the base, and form the speculum 
or oblique bar across the closed wing; the quills are 
short, reaching only to the rump, near the root of the 
tail; the legs dusky. 
* On comparing our drawing, after the cut was done, with a stuffed 
specimen from Ravensworth museum, we find Mr Cornforth’s drawing 
tolerably accurate. 
