. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. tetraomikt: — pehdiclwi: : old would quail. 505 >rr8od, aldiig' II con- sliort, • •verts tarsus A Scxt's lBt-3d quills, the Ist not shorttT than tin* next. First jiriiniiry emnr^inute on inner web; 2(1 and 3d wiiumte on outer wel>. Tail extremely short and Hliglit, not half as long as the wing, pointed, its feathers very sof
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. tetraomikt: — pehdiclwi: : old would quail. 505 >rr8od, aldiig' II con- sliort, • •verts tarsus A Scxt's lBt-3d quills, the Ist not shorttT than tin* next. First jiriiniiry emnr^inute on inner web; 2(1 and 3d wiiumte on outer wel>. Tail extremely short and Hliglit, not half as long as the wing, pointed, its feathers very soft, the fentral pair laneeolate. Feet small; tarsus shorter than niildle toe and claw, slightly feathered ahove in front, with two rows of alterniiting large scutella in front, two rows of smaller rounded scales meeting in a ridge behind, the sides tilli'd in with small plates. Size smaller than that of any of the foregoing species; pattern of coloration somewhat as in OrtifX ; sexes nearly alike. 579. C. dactyll'sonans. (Cir. ioKrvkos, daktitlox, the finirer; a metrical measure consisting of a long anil two short syllables; Lat. soikuks, sounding. Fig. IH.) Messina Qlail. Miuua-. Fio. 414. —Common Quail of Euro|ie, i nat. size. (From Brehm.) TORY Quail. Common Quail of Europe. Adult ,? 9 : Upper parts variegated with huflF or whitish and black u|>on a mixed reddish-brown and gray ground, the most conspicuous nnirk- ings being sharp lance-linear lengthwise stripes of butf or whitish over most of the upper parts, these dashes mostly edged with Mack; other less ]iromiuent buff or whitish cross-bars, several to a feather, likewise framed in black. Crown mixed brown and black, with sharj) median and lateral buff stri|>es. Throat white, bounded before by a dark bar curving down behind the auricuLirs; behind, by a necklace of ruddy-brown, blackish, or whitish sjtots; chin varied with dark marks in advance of the auricular bar. Under parts fading to whitish from the buff
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