258 COMMON QUAIL. 



SO far as Hampshire is concerned, for although the 

 French Partridge is fairly numerous, the Common 

 Partridge is still very abundant. The French Par- 

 tridge may be easily recognised by its large size and 

 dark colour. The general colour of the upper parts 

 is brown, head grey, throat white, upper parts of the 

 breast brown, spotted with black, lower part slate 

 grey, shading underneath to chestnut, beak and legs 

 scarlet. 



They have been kept in confinement, and have been 

 known to breed in that state. 



COMMON QUAIL. 



COTURNIX COMMUNIS. 



Family Phasianid^. Genus Coturnix. 



These birds, though such common migrants between 

 Europe and Africa — " the numbers which cross the 



