i8o Lloyd's natural history. 



hidden by the upper tail-coverts; less than half the length of 

 the wing. 



First primary flight-feather about equal to the third, the 

 second being generally slightly the longest : in some in- 

 stances the first three feathers are sub-equal, or the first may 

 even be a trifle the longest. 



Axillary feathers* long and white. 



Feet without spurs. Sexes different in plumage. 



This genus may be divided into two sections : 



A. Outer web of the primary flight-feathers with irregular 

 bars and marks of buff (species i and 2, pp. 180-184). 



B. Outer web of the primary flight-feathers uniform brown 

 (species 3 to 6, pp. 185-188). 



A. Outer web of the primary flight-feathers with irregular bars 

 and marks of buff. 



I. THE MIGRATORY QUAIL. COTURNIX COTURNIX. 



Tetrao coturnix, Linn. S. N. i. p. 278 (1766). 



Perdix coturnix^ Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 651 (1790). 



Coturnix communis, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 217, pi. 



96, fig. 2 (1791); Dresser, B. Europe, vii. p. 143, pi. 476 



(1878) ; Hume and Marshall, Game B. of India, ii. p. 133, 



pi. (1879): et auctorum, /^^^///^ 

 Coturnix dactylisonans, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 478, 740 



(1815); Gould, B. Europe, iv. pi. 263 (1837). 

 Coturnix vulgaris, Bout. Orn. Dauphine, p. 72, pi 43, fig. i 



(1843). 

 Coturnix coturnix, Liclit. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 233 (1893). 

 Adult Male. — General colour above sandy-brown, with pale 

 buff shaft-stripes and black bars and markings ; chin and 

 throat white, with a black anchor-shaped mai-k doivn the middle; 

 chest rufous-buff, with pale shafts ; rest of under-parts paler. 

 Total length, 67 inches; wing, 4*2; tail, 1-5 ; tarsus, i. 

 * The feathers under the wing, where it joins the body. 



