Quails. 79 



it, be found generally distributed over the 

 vast territory known as the Shan States. 



The Quails can only be confounded 

 with the Bush-Quails, and this is hardly 

 possible if it is borne in mind that three 

 out of the four Indian Quails have the 

 sides of the body streaked, and that the 

 fourth species, although not streaked, 

 has the outer web of the quills of the 

 wing perfectly unmarked. In the Bush- 

 Quails, on the other hand, the sides of 

 the body are never streaked and the outer 

 web of the first ten quills of the wing is 

 invariably barred. 



