fleshy ; the claws brownish horny grey ; the upper throat and
orbits fine purplish blue; the gular wattle orange or salmon
coloured, laterally with narrow transverse blue bars ; the horns
bright lazuline blue ; 3-15 inches in length. (In February they
would have been perhaps 1*25.) The spur 0"3 in length and
greyish brown. In other males, I have noted the legs as fleshy
grey, more or less tinted with crimson, the tint varying very
much in intensity. An immature bird bad the legs almost pure
white. In some males the spurs arc much longer, sharp and
somewhat curved.
Females, measured :—Length, 21*5 to 2375 ; expanse, 285; to
300; wing, 8'5 to 0/0 ; tail from vent, 8 to 10; tarsus, 30 to
325 ; bill from gape, i"25 to 145. Weight, 2it>s. 402s. to 2ft>s.
ioozs. The legs brownish grey, more or less fleshy ; the bill
dusky horny ; the irides brown ; the legs of the females have
often a purplish tinge, and generally exhibit obsolete tubercles
for spurs.
RHE P L A T E only greatly errs in the colouration of the orbital
region, and in showing no salmon colour on the wattle, which
would be conspicuously visible, with the flap half distended as
shown. Hut the tender grace of the delicate grey shading
on the flanks of the male, the marvellous blending of colours
on the wing, and the depth and richness of the" tints of the
female's plumage, which is a perfect poem without words,
are all lost in the harsh staring chromo.