15. THE JAPANESE QUAIL. 



Coturnix japoiiica^ Temminck and 



SCHLEGEL. 



Sides of the body streaked. 

 Outer web of the quills of the wing 

 marked with rufous. 



MALE : — The whole throat and the sides 

 of the head rufous or brick-red, without 

 any black bands. 



FEMALE :— Throat pale buff with the 

 feathers on the sides of the chin and 

 upper throat lengthened and pointed. 



Vernacular Name : — ? Ngun, Burmese. 



The Japanese Quail is very distinct from 

 the Grey Quail, and in the British 

 Museum there are two skins of the former 

 which were obtained within the limits 

 of the Empire. One was procured by 

 Pemberton in Bhutan many years ago, 

 and the other by Major Wardlaw Ramsay 

 in Karennee in March 1874. This Quail 

 will no doubt be found along the whole 

 of our northern frontier tracts, east of 



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