. A hand-book to the game-birds . dult Male.—Differs from the male of C. cotmtiix chiefly inhaving the sides of the head, chin, and throat uniform dullbrick-7ed, with 710 trace of the black anchor-shaped mark, andthe margins of the flank-feathers mostly rufous and much lessspotted with black. Total length, 57 inches; wing, 3-9 ; tail,1*2 ; tarsus, i*o5. Adult Female.—Differs from the female of C. cotur?iix inhaving the feathers of the chin undiXhTOditelongateda7idpointed,especially on the sides, and generally margined with rufous ; thechest and sides less spotted with black. Young Males have t
. A hand-book to the game-birds . dult Male.—Differs from the male of C. cotmtiix chiefly inhaving the sides of the head, chin, and throat uniform dullbrick-7ed, with 710 trace of the black anchor-shaped mark, andthe margins of the flank-feathers mostly rufous and much lessspotted with black. Total length, 57 inches; wing, 3-9 ; tail,1*2 ; tarsus, i*o5. Adult Female.—Differs from the female of C. cotur?iix inhaving the feathers of the chin undiXhTOditelongateda7idpointed,especially on the sides, and generally margined with rufous ; thechest and sides less spotted with black. Young Males have the elongated throat-feathers as in the adultfe7JiaIe, and the middle of the throat is suffused with dull brick-red. As the short, rounded, brick-red feathers of the adult aremoulted, the elongated feathers disappear. * There is a fine adult male of the typical Cape form in the NationalCollection said to have come from the Mauritius, but the locality ma^ be amistake. It is said that no indigenous Quail occurs there. PLATE y JAPAT^ESE QUAIE. THE QUAIL?^. 185 Range.—Japan, South-cast Mongolia, and China as far southas Canton. Specimens have also been obtained in Bootan,Northern India, and Karen-nee. Habits.—Apparently very similar to those of the MigratoryQuail. B. Outer web of the primary flight-feathers uniform brown. III. THE BLACK-EREASTED OR RAIN QUAIL. COTURNIXCOROMANDELICA. Tetrao coromandelicus^ Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 764 (1788).Perdix coromandetica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 654 (1790).Cotiirnix coromajtdetica, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 221(1791); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 9 (1854); Hume andMarshall, Game Birds of India, ii. p. 152, pi. (1879); Gates,ed. Humes Nests and Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 444 (1890);Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 241 (1893).Cotiirnix textilis, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 512, 742 (1815). Adult Male.—Like the mate of C. coturnix, but the blackpattern on the throat and neck is more strongly marked, andthere is a large bla
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