THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 
grey ; behind the eye a scarlet patch of bare skin. Bill 
pale lead-grey ; tarsi and toes pale grey; irides brown. 
Length 12% inches. The female closely resembles the 
male in general coloration, but may always be distin- 
guished, according to Mr. Ogilvie Grant, by having the 
wing-coverts barred with buff, not with pale shaft-lines, 
as in the male. ‘The young in first plumage have no 
chestnut on the head and neck, and the general tone of 
colour inclines to buff, not to grey, and the first primary is 
pointed at the end, not rounded. ‘This latter peculiarity 
is retained until the following autumn. 
': Mention may here also be made of the Rep-LEGcED 
ParrripcE (Caccabis rufa), which has been introduced into 
Bucks and Berks, where it isan uncommon resident. ‘The 
same remarks apply to Surrey; and the bird occurs 
accidentally in Middlesex. It cannot fairly claim further 
notice in an account of the birds of London. 
The Quait (Coturnix communis) is a rare yet breeding 
species in some parts of rural Surrey ; is met with on 
passage in Bucks and Berks; is of rare occurrence in 
Middlesex ; and although it has bred in many parts of 
Essex there is no instance recorded within the fifteen- 
mile limit. 
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