Possible Clues:

• Ring-necked bird
• Quail cousin
• Rustic grabbing head of huge bird
• Colourful game bird
• Neat chaps possibly caught leaving some game
• Game that's agreeable but hard for learner
• A hen's apt to be mistaken for a game bird
• Bird served "under glass"
• Richly-coloured game-bird
• Rustic grabbing tail of mynah bird