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PHASIANID^. 



Coturnix communis, Cass. (wee 5oww.) U.S. Expl. E.vped. p. 288 (1858) 

 [Cape de Verde lsi];Neivkm,Ibis, 1863, p. 454 [Madagascar] ; Godman, 

 Ibis, 1866, pp. 99, 107 [Azores] ; Schl. in Poll. Sj- Van Dam, Rech. 

 Madagasc.^t. ii. p. 120 (1868) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 467 [Pot- 

 chefstroom] : Godman, Azores, p. 32 (1870) ; Dohrn, J. f. 0. 1871, 

 p. 8 [Cape Verde Is.] ; Gurney, ed. Anderss. B. Damaral. p. 248 

 (1872) ; Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 301, 302 [Comoro Is.] ; Ayres, 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 298 [Potchefstroom] ; Hartwiy, J.f. O. 1886, p. 484 

 [Madeira] ; iSibree, Ibis, 1891, p. 565 [Madagascar] ; Waldo, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 201 [Canary Is.]. 



Coturnix capensis, Lickt.Jide Grat/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 2i'S (1870) ; 

 Grant, Ann. May. N. H. (6) ix. pp. 167, 169, 170 (1892). 



Ortygion coturnix, Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 219 [Canaries, Madeira, 

 Azores]. 



Cotluiruix dactylisonans, Ilolub ^- Pelz. Beitr. Oni. S.-Afr. p. 188 

 (1882). 



Coturnix coturnix, Sharpens ed. LayarWs B. S. Afr. p. 603 (1884) 

 [part.] ; Clifton, Oimis, 1888, p. 153 [King William's Town]. 



Adult male. Differs from the adult male of C. coturnix in having 

 the lores, sides of the head, chin, and throat bright rufous chestnut, 

 the chest washed with the same. Total length 6-3 inches, wing 

 3-9-4, tail 1-4, tarsus 1-1. 



Adult female. The plumage does not differ from that of C coturnix. 



Younger males resemble the adult, but the black band down the 

 middle of the throat is indistinctly represented or absent. 



Hah. South Africa, south of about 15° S. lat., Mauritius, 

 Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Cape Verd Islands, Canaries, Madeira, 

 and Azores. 



a. <S ad. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c,d. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 e, f 6 ad. et cJ 



iiiim. sk. 

 g. $ ad. sk. 

 h. S ad. sk. 

 i. cJ ad. sk. 

 Ti. S 'H'- ad.sk. 



1. 5 ad. sk. 



m. S ad. sk. 



n. 5 ad. sk. 

 0,2). S ad. et 

 S nr. ad. sk. 

 q, r. S 2 ad. sk. 

 s-y. (S 2 ad. sk. 



2. <S nr. ad. sk. 



Intermediate 

 a. (S ad. sk. 



Mauritius. 

 Madagascar, 



Coican). 

 S. Africa. 

 S. Africa. 



Feb. ( W. Deans Tweeddale Coll. 



Cape. 



King William's Town. 

 Durban, Natal (Gordye). 

 Kroonstad, Orange Free State, 



April. 

 Marico, Transvaal. 



Potchefstroom, March (Ayres). 



R. Gambia. 



Orotava, Teneriffe, April 



{F. D. G.). 

 Cape "N'erde Is. 

 St. Michael, Azores, March 



(F. D.G.). 

 Flores, Azores, Mav {F. 



D. G.). 



forms between Coturnix cotur 

 Cape Colony. 



Gould Coll. 



J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 



Earl of Derby [P.]. 

 Lieut. Anstey [P-]- 

 Shelley Coll. 

 J. H. Gurney, Jr., 



Esq. [P.]. 

 F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. H. Gurnev, Jr., 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



M. A. Bouvier [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



nix and C. capensis. 

 F. Thackeray, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



