UPLAND SHOOTING. 
95 
C£ Adult Male. 
“ Bill a little longer than the head, slender, straight, slightly- 
deflected at the end. Uppei mandible with the dorsal line 
straight, the edges convex, the sides grooved beyond the middle, 
afterward convex, the edges inflected, the tips a little deflected, 
and tapering to an obtuse point. Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, 
linear, pervious, nearer the edge than the dorsal line. Lower 
mandible with the angle very narrow and elongated, beyond it 
the outline slightly convex, the sides sloping outward and con¬ 
cave until the middle, afterward flattened, the edges sharp, the 
point very narrow. 
u Head rather small, convex above, compressed. Neck of 
moderate length, slender. Body rather slender. Feet long and 
slender, tibia bare about half its length, scutellate before and 
behind ; tarsus long, slender, having before and behind numerous 
scutella ; the narrow lateral spaces with very small, oblong 
scales. Toes slender; the first very short, the second much 
shorter than the fourth, the third and fourth connected at the 
base by a web ; the scutella numerous ; claws small, compressed, 
slightly arched, rather blunt. 
u Plumage soft; on the neck and lower parts blended ; on the 
upper rather distinct. Wings rather long, acute, narrow. Pri¬ 
maries tapering and rounded ; the first longest, the second a little 
shorter, the rest rapidly graduated; secondaries obliquely round¬ 
ed, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of moderate length, 
much rounded, of twelve rather narrow feathers. 
“ Bill yellowish-green, tip dusky, the edges toward the base 
yellow. Iris dark hazel. Legs and tarsi light yellowish-gray, 
toes rather darker, claws brownish-black. Upper part of the 
head dark brown, with a median pale yellowish brown line ; 
the margins of the feathers also of that color which prevails 
along the sides of the head and the back of the neck, which are 
streaked with dusky ; the eye surrounded wdth yellowish-white. 
Throat yellowish-white, without spots ; forepart and sides of the 
neck, with a portion of the breast and sides of the body, cream- 
colored, with dusky lines, which gradually become arrow-shaped 
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