the skies, bluish grey, bounded below with a border of black passing
to the back of the neck; this is succeeded by a narrow white ring,
and this again by a broad band of black; beneath this is a gorget
of white, followed by another of black. In winter the neck is pale
chesnut or cream-colour, marked with black; the hind part of the
neck is destitute of feathers, and covered with grey down. Chin, throat,
and breast, white, t h e down at t h e b a s e of the feathers pale rose-colour;
the sides barred with black, on the lower part white. Back, a mixture
of pair chesnut or buff orange and cream yellow, streaked irregularly
with numerous narrow lines of black.
The wings, which do not reach to the end of the tail, and measure
two feet ten inches and a half in extent, have the first quill feather
about an inch shorter (ban t h e second, which is as long as the third,
and both longer than the fourth, and the longest in the wing.
Greater wing coverts, white, with two black bars; lesser wing coverts,
buried and mottled with orange, buff, cream yellow, and black; the first
four primaries, white at the base, the remainder greyish black, the
fifth entirely white except the tip which is spotted with black; the next
lour white, with a black bar at the tip, t h e innermost long and white,
wilh three black bars; secondaries, patched with black and white;
tertiaries, pale chesnut brown, streaked irregularly with numerous
narrow lines of black. The tail is of eighteen feathers, the four
middle (Hies cream yellow , with four black bars, the others white at
the base, and b a r r e d with two narrow black bars, t h e remainder mottled
with black and bull' white, the tips white; upper tail coverts, pale
chesnut, streaked irregularly with numerous narrow lines of black.
Legs, yellowish g r e y ; toes, also yellowish greyr and short; claws, brown.
f e m a l e ; head, crown, and neck, pale chesnut, mottled and streaked
with black; chin, white; breast, marked with short bars of black;
greater and lesser wing coverts, partly white.