18. coTiniyix. 243 



4. Coturnix delegorguei. 



Coturnix delep-orofuui, Dele(/. Vat/. Afr. Amti: ii. p. 015 (1847) ; 

 Graij, JIand-l. li. ii. p. 208 (1870); Finsch S, Ilartl. Vog. Od- 

 Afr. p. T)')! (1870); Giirney, ed. Anderss. Ii. Damaral. p. 249 

 (1872) [Ondonga, Lake Ngami] ; Hettql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. 

 p. !)07 (1873); Hartl. Abh. naf. Ver. IJreni. vii. p. 118 (1881) 

 [Mahagi, W. of Albert Nyanza] ; Sharpe, in Oates' Matabele L. 

 p. .324(1881) [Gubuleweyo] ; Bocaye, Orn. Any. p. 412 (1881) 

 [Mossamedes ; Ambaca, N. of Quanza] : Sclat. P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 259 [W. of Lake iVlbert Nyanza] ; Sharpens ed. Lat/ard's B. S. 

 Afr. p. 005 (1884) ; FiscJt. " Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 381 (1884) 

 [Bondei] ; id. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 121 [Gelidja, Bondei] ; Beick. J.f. O. 

 1887, p. 53 [Kawanga, Masai Steppes] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 303 

 [Kilimanjaro] ; Jackson, Ibis, 1889, p. 583 [Kilimanjaro] ; Ilartl. 

 Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. p. 41 (1891) [Mandera] ; Grant, Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. (6) ix. pp. 168, 173 (1892) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 168 

 [Aden]. 



Coturnix histrionica, Ilartl. Rev. et Mag. Zool. i. p. 495 (1849) [St. 

 Thomas Is.] ; id. Beitr. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 1, 38, pi. xi. (1852) ; 

 id. Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 204 (1857); Layard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 275 (1867) ; Gray, List Gallina Brit. 3Ius. p. 60 (1867) ; Bocaye, 

 J. Acad. Lisb. no. ii. p. 145 (1867) [St. Thoma? Is.], v. p. 46 

 (1868) [R. Chiniba], viii. p. 350 (1870) [Ambaca] ; Layard, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 75 [Grahamstown and eastwards] ; Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1809, 

 p. 564, 1870, p. 147 [Ambriz, Quanza R.] ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 202 [Mariqua R., Transvaal]. 



Coturnix fornasiui, liianc. Spec. Zool. 3fos. fasc. xvi. p. 399, pi. i. 

 fig. 2 (1850) ; id. Mem. Ace. Sci. Bolog. (2) iv. p. 521, pi. ii. lig. 2 

 (1865) ; Guerin, Her. Zool. 1866, p. 316. 



Coturnix crucigera, Heugl. Viiy. N.O.-Afr. p. 51, no. 533 (1856); 

 id. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, p. 413. 



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

 the general colour of the upper i)arts, including the wing-coverts, 

 b]acki.sh brown ; the primaries uniform brown, never barred with 

 rufous or buff ; tlie black pattern on the throat more strongly 

 marked ; the general colour of the sides of the neck and rest of the 

 underparts light chestnut ; a large black patch in the middle of the 

 chest and breast as in C. coromandellca, and the feathers of the sides 

 and flanks black down the middle. Iris rich brown ; bill black ; 

 legs and feet salmon-colour. Total length G inches, wing 3-7, 

 tail 1-3, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Differs from the female of C. coturnLv in the much 

 darker colour of upper parts, in having the outer webs of the 

 primaries uniform and the underparts rufous bxifl' or dull chestnut, 

 washed with dusky on the chest, most of the feathers with a pale 

 dark-edged shaft-stripe, and the feathers of the sides mottled and 

 barred with black and buff. 



Jiab. Africa, south of about 15" X. lat., recently obtained at 

 Aden {Barnes). 



a. (T ad. sk. Island of St. Thomas, Aus. Lisbon Museum [P.]. 



b. rf ad. sk. Island of St. Thomas, Oct" (/. Shiu^e Coll. 



J. Monteiro), 



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