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composed of grass stems and roots, lined 

 with a few hairs." The eggs are either 

 four or five in number, and resemble 

 those of the Bustard-Quail, but are 

 smaller. They measure from '8i to '89 

 in length, and from -63 to '68 in breadth. 



The male and female resemble each 

 other in the colour of the plumage, but 

 the latter is the larger bird. The upper 

 plumage and the visible portions of the 

 closed wings are rufous or pale chestnut, 

 finely barred with black, and each feather 

 margined with creamy yellow, these 

 margins bemg broadest on the wings 

 and very conspicuous, causing the upper 

 plumage to appear streaked. Many of 

 the coverts of the wing have a spot of 

 chestnut and black combined. There 

 is a pale stripe down the middle of the 

 crown. The tail-feathers are margined 

 with buff. The throat is whitish, and the 

 foreneck and middle of the breast rufous. 

 The sides of the neck and of the breast 

 are covered with round brown or blackish 

 spots. The belly is plain buff. 



Length nearly 6 ; wing 3 ; tail nearly 

 i|; legs pale plumbeous; irides yellow; 

 bill varying from whitish to plumbeous. 

 Weight up to 1 1 oz. 



