Male; length, one foot one inch; bill, red, as is a bare space over
t h e eye; iris, hazel; head on the sides, bluish ash-colour, with a
narrow black edge above; crown, neck on the back, and nape, rich
chesnul brown, coming round in front to the bottom of the neck,
handsomely variegated with small triangular-shaped white spots. Chin
and throat, bluish ash-colour above and below the collar; breast,
brownish grey, with a tinge of reddish buff, barred on the sides with
white, black, and bright chesnut; on the lower part yellowish brown,
and then reddish buff. Back, greyish brown.
Greater and lesser wing coverts a mixture of brown and grey,
broadly edged with chesnut. Primaries, brownish black on the inner
webs, the outer web of the fourth, greyish brown, of the others light
brown on their inner half, pencilled with dusky transverse markings;
tertiaries, a mixture of brown and grey. The tail, rich chesnut brown,
has the middle feathers pencilled with dusky transverse markings; under
tail coverts, brownish grey, with a tinge of reddish buff. The legs,
—which have blunt spurs—toes, and claws, red.
The female is smaller, the colour not so bright, and she is without
t h e spurs.