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MALOCLNE Q;
D escription,
Pl a c e .
MEXICAN CL
D e s c r i p t io n .
Place.
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LESSER
MEXICAN <E
La Caille des Ifles Malouines, Buf. oif ii. p. 477.—/V. cr.l. iz z .
g I Z E and length of our Quail. Bill ftout, and of a lead-
colour : the upper part of the plumage pale brown ; the
middle of the feathers dark brown, and towards, the ends each
hath two or three curved lines of the fame: fides of the head
mottled with white: chin, fore part of the neck, and brealb-
browniih yellow, marked with fpots and curved ftreaks of brown,
but paler than above : lower part of the breaft, the belly, thighs,
and vent, white : quills dulky, with pale edges : tail brown,
banded with paler: legs brown.
Found at Falkland Iflands.
La grande Caille du Mexique, Sri/, or», i. p. 2$^. 19.
Le grand Colin, Buf. oif. ii. p. 4S5..
'JVH IS is much bigger than our Quail. The bill black : head
crefted : that and the neck black and white mixed : the reft
of the body fulvous : the quills of this laft colour, with white
tips : legs black.
Inhabits Mexico.
La Caille du Mexique, Brif.iOrn. i. p. 256. 18.
Le Coyolcos, Buf. oif. ii* p. 486.
Coyolcozque, leu Coli fonalis, Raii Sjiu. p. 158.— Will. orn. p. 3?3*
T H E eyes are black : the top of the head and neck black
and white, forming bands on each fide of the neck from
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the eye ; the reft of the body is fulvous above, -mixed with white:
legs fulvous.
This bird inhabits Mexico, and frequents the fields. Has the
.lame note, and manner of living, as the other Mexican Quails.
Another Quail is hkewife mentioned by Fernandez *, which,
he fays, is the fize and fhape of our Qaail, and has the plumage
o other Quails of Mexico; characters too indiftinift to give in-
formation of the ipecies.
La Caille de Java, Br if. or», i. p. 25 j. j j .
Le Réveil-matin, ou la Caille de Java, Buf. oif. ii. p. 47g.
Coturmxlndiea Bondi (Indian Quail -of Bontius), Raii gLJ -
i r t l l . o r n . 171, pl. 29, * r s s. y-
S IZE of and exa<% ‘■ efembies our Quail, but has
a longer bill.
This inhabits the ilkmd of Java, and cries by intervals like
our Quail, but the noife more like that which Bitterns make in
the marfhes than any kind of Quail: is eafily tamed : but of To
q a nature, that if'not kept warm, efpecially of nights, and
expofed to the fun, with fand ftrewed under them, they are in
danger of dying. When kept in houfes, are valued by the inha-
bitants, for the moment the fun rifes they begin their cry, fo
o feed h° W 1 = henCe ufed as & & Said
o feed by coveys, like Partridges, in the woods ; but often kept
tame, the cock hen, and whole brood, walking up and down the
yards 0f houfes like other poultry f . The cocks much given to
fighting among one another, like Game-cocks.
* See Hi ft. Mr* oif il. p, 4$6. Le Cacolin.
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f Willugbby.
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