THE QUAILS. I 85 



Range. — Japan, South-east Mongolia, and China as far south 

 as Canton. Specimens have also been obtained in Bootan, 

 Northern India, and Karen-nee. 



HaMts. — Apparently very similar to those of the Migratory 

 Quail. 



B. Outer web of the primary flight-feathers uniform brown. 



III. THE BLACK-BREASTED OR RAIN QUAIL. COTURNIX 

 COROMANDELICA. 



Tetrao coromandeiicus, Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 764 (178S). 

 Perdix corotnandelica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 654 (1790). 

 Coturnix coromandeiica, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 221 

 (1791); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 9 (1854); Hume and 

 Marshall, Game Birds of India, ii. p. 152, pi. (1879); Oates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests and Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 444 (1890) ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 241 (1893). 

 Coturnix textiiis, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 512, 742 (18 15). 



Adult Male. — Like the male of C. coturnix, but the black 

 pattern on the throat and neck is more strongly marked, and 

 there is a large black patch covering the middle of the chest 

 and breast. Total length, 5 inches; wing, 3-5 ; tail, 1*2 ; tar- 

 sus, 1-05. 



Adult Female. — Very like the femaie of C. coturnix, but easily 

 recognised by the absence of buff markings on the outer webs 

 of the flight-feathers, as well as by its smaller size. 



Range. — Greater part of the Peninsula of India, and extend- 

 ing to Assam, Manipur, Chittagong, and Pegu ; also no doubt 

 to Arakan. 



HaMts.— Generally speaking, the Rain Quail is merely a 

 seasonal visitor over the greater part of its range, spending the 

 monsoon in the drier parts of Upper and Western India, and 

 the remainder of the year in the damp low-lying districts ; but 

 in many parts of Central India it is resident, merely shifting its 

 feeding-ground with the change of season, 



