13. COTUENIX, 229 



d' , e . S imm. et Sumatra {Sir T. Raffles). Zool. Soc. Coll. 



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f'9'- 6 5 ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. Rajah Brooke [P.^. 



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[C.]. 



k'. 2 ad. sk. Tegora, Sarawak, Oct. {H. H. Tweeddale Coll. 



FA-erett). 



l\ m'.(S Jad. sk. Barara, Sarawak, May, June. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 



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IS. COTUENIX. 



Type. 

 Coturnix, Moehrin(j, Av. Gen. pp. 2o, o-t (17-j2) ; Bonn. 



Tahl. Encycl. Meth. i. pp. Ixxxvii, 21() (1791) C. coturnix. 



Ortvfiion, Keifscrl. u. Bias. Wirbelth. JEuropa's, pp. Lwi, 



U-2, 202 (1840) C. coturnix. 



Perdortyx, Moidess. Mem. Soc. SaOne, vi. p. 3G (1880) . C. coturnix. 



Tail of 10-12 feathers, short, soft, covered by the upper tail- 

 coverts ; less than half the length of the wing. 



1st primary is slightly shorter than the 2ud and equal to the 4th, 

 2nd and ;Jrd slightly the longest. 



Axillaries long and white. 



Tarsus without spurs. 



llange. Eastern Hemisphere, and Xorth America [introduced^. 

 Key to the Species. 



A. Outer web of the primaries with irregular 



bars and marks of buff. 



a. Chin and throat white, with a black 



Ijand commencing on the chin and 



passing down the middle of the tliroat. coturni.v d ,p. 231. 



b. Chin and throat bright rufous chestnut, 



with a black band situated as above. . cajiensis cJ, p. 237. 

 e. Cliin and throat dull brick-ixjd, without 



any bhick markings japoyiica (S , p. 239. 



d. Feathers on the chin and sides of the 



throat white, short and rounded. No 



black band down the middle of the 



throat. 



a'. Size larger: wing ca. 4'2 coturnix 2 , p. 2.il. 



h' . Size smaller : wing ca. 3"8 capeiisis 2 , P- -37. 



e. refvlhers on the chin and sides of the 



throat elongate and lanceolate, usually 

 margined on one or both Avebs with 

 rufous. No black baud down the 

 middle of the throat japontra 2 > P- 239. 



B. Outer web of the primaries unifornr 



brown, not barred ana marked with buif. 



f. Chin auvl thnvit white, with a very 



clearly delined black anchor- shajWd 



mark (a large black patch on the 



middle of the chest and Dreast). 

 c. General colour of the under])arts buff, corovtandelica ^ , p. 241. 

 d'. General colour of the underparts 



chestnut dclcgorguei cJ , p. 243. 



