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MADAGASCAR
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D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l A C E .
33-
GREYTHROATED
Q.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
La grande Caille de Madagafcar, So». Voy. In i. vol. ii, p. l 6g. pi. 9 8-
r p H I S is ahout double the Gze of our Quail. The bill
1 black: irides of a dirty yellow : top of the head, hind part
of the neck, and back, brownilh rufous, ftreaked with yellowilh
white lines on the top of the head: the back feathers have alfo
the fame ftreaks, but eroded with tranfverfe black bands: on
each fide of the head are two white ftreaks, the firft above the
eye, defending down the neck •, the other, from the gape, running
nearly parallel; between them grey: the throat is black :
above the breaft chefnut: the breaft and belly black, marked
with round fpots of white : the feathers on the fides o f the belly,
are long and narrow, and hide both the belly and thighs s thefe-
are chefnut, with yellowilh white lhafts, bounded on each fide
with a black line: the leffer wing coverts are pale rufous, ftreaked
with white, and crofted with, irregular lines of black ; the others
are the fame, but crofted with yellowilh whites the fecond quills
black, marked with yellowilh bands, and have yellowilh white
lhafts ; the greater dirty brown : tail black, crofted with yellowilh
white ; the lhafts of this laft colour : legs, pale rufous..
Inhabits Madagafcar.
La Caille brune de Madagafcar, Son. Voy. In i. vol.n. p. l f i .
C I Z E of our Quail. Bill black: irides yellow : top of the
'P head, and neck behind, black and rufous ; the black feathers
moft in number : throat pale dirty grey: fore part of the neck,
breaft, and belly, the fame, with two bands of black on each feather
parallel to the margin alt round r back, rump, wings, and
tail,.
tail, pale dirfy grey, crofted with black bands : greater quills
brown : legs black.
Inhabits Madagafcar.
La petite Caille de Gingi, Son. Voy Ind. vol. ii. ]S>. 17^
'Jp H I S is one third left than our Quail. The head is black ;
the crown rufous yellow; through the eye a ftreak o f the
fame : the throat is white, terminated by a black ftripe : the fore
part of the neck, breaft, and belly, reddifh yellow, ftreaked with
black, and each ftreak bounded with white on the fides: from
the throat to the belly is a zigzag band of black r the hind part
of the neck pale rufous, with a longitudinal yellowilh ftreak oiv
each feather, bounded with black on the fides.: back, rump, and
lefier wing coverts, rufous chefnut; on each feather a yellowilh
ftreak, crofted by lines of the fame, which are bounded' on each
fide with black : quills brown.
The female is the fame above j. more dull beneath : the throat
white, bounded with black: fore part of the neck reddilh yellow
; each feather ftreaked with white, and marked with two
round black fpots on the fides: the belly is the fame, but crofted,
with bands of black inftead o f fpots.
Inhabits the coaft of Coromandel.
La Caille de la Nouvelle Guinee, Son« Voy. Ind. 170. pL 105.
Hi L F the fize of the Common Quail. General colour brown,
brighteft on the head and belly: wing coverts edged with
dirty yellow : quills black : irides and legs greyilh.
Inhabits New Guinea.
Ft, ACS.
COROMANDEL
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NEW GUINEA
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