INTRODUCED BIRDS. 67 
Fgg.—Bluish white, more or less spotted with greyish brown or buff ; 
length, 1:25 ; breadth, -95. 
All the Provinces. From Tasmania. 
46. COTURNIX PECTORALIS. Gould. 
Australian Quail. 
ABovE, brown, streaked with yellowish white, and pencilled with rufous ; 
over each eye, and on the top of the head, a line of yellowish white ; 
throat, reddish buff ; below, yellowish white, varied with black ; centre 
of chest, black. 
The female has no baff on the throat, and no black on the chest. 
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Egg.—Straw white, spotted or blotched with brown. 
Auckland and Canterbury. From Australia. 
47. TURNIX VARIUS. Lath. 
Little Australian Quail. 
Asove, blackish brown, varied with chestnut, and finely striped with 
white ; throat, white ; breast, olive grey, with yellowish white spots ; 
abdomen, yellowish white ; sides of the breast, chestnut; hind toe, 
wanting. 
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Egg.—Pyriform, yellowish white, minutely spotted with reddish brown, 
chestnut, and purplish grey ; length, 1°25; breadth, 1. 
Auckland and Canterbury. From Australia. 
48. ORTYX CALIFORNICA. Steph. 
Californian Quail. 
Leap blue, with a black crest on the top of the head; throat, black, 
margined with white ; abdomen, barred with black ; forehead, and a line 
over the eye, white. In the female the black throat is wanting, and the 
breast is olivaceous brown. 
LO se W220, BO.) Tos 1-2, 
gg. —Pyriform, white ; length, 1:28 ; breadth, -97. 
Allthe Provinces. From California. 
