. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PHASIANID^ COTUENIX 221 660. Coturnix africana. Capa Quail. Coturnix vulgaris africana, Temm. S Sohleg., Fauna Jap. p. 103 (1850). Coturnix daotylisonans [nea Temm.) StrioMand and Sclater, Contr. Ornith., 1852, p. 157; Aijres, Ibis, 1860, p. 216; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 274 (1867) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1874, p. 103; Barratt, fbis, 1876, p. 208; Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 410; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 324 (1881); Holub d Peheln, Orn. Sild-Afr. p. 188 (1882). Coturnix communis (nee Bonn.), Ourney, Ibis, 1868, p. 467 ; id. in Andersson's B. Damaral., p. 248 (1872); Ayres, Ib
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PHASIANID^ COTUENIX 221 660. Coturnix africana. Capa Quail. Coturnix vulgaris africana, Temm. S Sohleg., Fauna Jap. p. 103 (1850). Coturnix daotylisonans [nea Temm.) StrioMand and Sclater, Contr. Ornith., 1852, p. 157; Aijres, Ibis, 1860, p. 216; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 274 (1867) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1874, p. 103; Barratt, fbis, 1876, p. 208; Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 410; Oates, Matabeleland, p. 324 (1881); Holub d Peheln, Orn. Sild-Afr. p. 188 (1882). Coturnix communis (nee Bonn.), Ourney, Ibis, 1868, p. 467 ; id. in Andersson's B. Damaral., p. 248 (1872); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 298 ; Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool., 1882, p. 839 ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 333; Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 342-3; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsm. 8. A., p. 106 (1892) ; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 474 (1893). Coturnix capensis, Gray, Handl. Bds. ii, p. 268 (1870); Grant, Ann, Mag. N. H. (6) x, pp. 167-170 with fig. (1892); id. Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 237 (1893); id. Game Bds. i, p. 183 (1896); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 178 (1896); Woodtuard Bros., Natal B., p. 164 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 262 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 4 [Deelfontein]. Coturnix coturnix, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 603, 854 (1884) Fleeic Journ. Ornith., 1894, p. 392; Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 175. Coturnix coturnix africana, Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 506 (1901). "Kwartel" of the Dutch, "Isagwityi" of the Amaxosa (Stanford); " Kue Kue " of Basutos (Murray).. Pig. 08.âHead of Coturnix africana, ?. x }â Description. Adult Male. In the breeding season. â General colour above reddish brown varying to black,' especially on the rump and scapulars, many of the feathers with V-shaped cross bars of yellowish and others with broad longitudinal shaft marks of almost white; these latter form a distinct white line along the centre of the head and neck ; primaries, primary coverts and secondaries blackish-brown, mottled ia the former ease on the outer webs, in the latter on b
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