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l r ° n i' j h° n T' white ; upper plumage and closed wings, fulvous, 
banded black ; tail white banded with black. Female—resembles the male 
but the breast and sides of the body are spotted as well as barred with black • 
upper plumage coarsely marked with black. Length of male, 18 inches ; wing’ 
9 2 inches; tail about 4 inches. Female, length, about 19 inches; wing 10 
about; 8 2' lbs 4 ln ° heS ' LegS ’ yellow ; irides > brown; bill, black. Weight, 
THE BENGAL FLORICAN. 
Houbaropgis Bengalemia. Native names: Charat , Hind.; Dakar , Nenal • 
Ooloomoora, Assam. ’ ' ’ 
Habitat. —Eastern Bengal, Assam Valley, Nepal, Terai, Bhootan, Duars, 
Uuan and U. r. north of the Ganges. 
Description ~ Male—in summer plumage has the whole head, neck and 
lower plumage black, with a full crest and a tuft on the breast. Upper plumage 
black mottled with buff; wing coverts, white; middle tail feathers black, mot- 
tled with fulvous. The male in winter plumage and the female at all seasons 
iiave the upper plumage, wings and tail fulvous, much marked with black • 
lower plumage, fulvous, with neck and breast mottled with black. It frequents 
