. The birds of our country. 258 COMMON QUAIL. SO far as Hampshire is concerned, for although the French Partridge is fairly numerous, the Common Partridge is still very abundant. The French Par- tridge may be easily recognised by its large size and dark colour. The general colour of the upper parts is brown, head grey, throat white, upper parts of the breast brown, spotted with black, lower part slate grey, shading underneath to chestnut, beak and legs scarlet. They have been kept in confinement, and have been known to breed in that COMMON QUAIL. COTURNIX COMMUNIS. Family Phasianid^. G
. The birds of our country. 258 COMMON QUAIL. SO far as Hampshire is concerned, for although the French Partridge is fairly numerous, the Common Partridge is still very abundant. The French Par- tridge may be easily recognised by its large size and dark colour. The general colour of the upper parts is brown, head grey, throat white, upper parts of the breast brown, spotted with black, lower part slate grey, shading underneath to chestnut, beak and legs scarlet. They have been kept in confinement, and have been known to breed in that COMMON QUAIL. COTURNIX COMMUNIS. Family Phasianid^. Genus Coturnix. These birds, though such common migrants between Europe and Africa—" the numbers which cross the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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