9B 



FAMILIAR WILB BIRDS. 



colour ; lower part of the breast, belly, vent, and under 

 tail-covevts, yellowish-white ; the flanks streaked with pale 

 chestnut ; legs, toes, and claws, pale brown. 



The female has no marks descendino^ down the sides of 

 the neck, nor the black patch in front, but the feathers on 

 her breast are strono^ly marked with a small dark spot on 

 each side of the lio-ht straw-coloured shaft. 



Young- birds resemble the female ; the black patch on 

 the neck of the males is not assumed until their second 

 moult. The entire length of the full-ii-rown Quail is 



seven nic 



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