COTURNIX. ORTYX. 143 



Coturnix communis. QUAIL. 



Coturnix Communis, Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth. i. 



p. 217 (1790). 

 Tetrao Coturnix, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 278 (1766). 



Perdix coturnix, Naum. vi. p. 575. 



Coturnix dactylisonans, Macg. i. p. 233. 



Coturnix vulgaris, Hewitson, p. 284 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 400 ; 



id. ed. 3, ii. p. 413 ; Harting, p. 40. 

 Coturnix communis, Gray, p. 128 ; Gould, iv. pi. 15 ; Dresser, 



vii. p. 143 ; Saunders, iii. p. 123. 

 The Common Quail, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 355. 



= common. 



Thinly distributed throughout the British Islands during 

 the summer months. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa. 



[Genus ORTYX, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. pt. 1, 

 p. 376 (1819). 



Ortyx = oprv%, the Quail, in classical Greek ; from the root of verto = I 

 turn, from its whirling flight (Curtius). Cf. Sanskr. vartakas = quail, vart = 

 to roll. 



Ortyx virginianus. VIRGINIAN COLIN. 

 Tetrao virginianus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 277 (1760). 



Ortyx virginiana, Macg. i. p. 228; Gray, p. 129; Yarr. 



ed. 2, ii. p. 391 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 404. 

 Ortyx virginianus, Harting, p. 129 ; Saunders, iii. p. 122. 

 The Virginian Colin, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 348. 



Virginianus = of Virginia. 



Introduced from North America, but never really esta- 

 blished.] 



Family TETRAONID^E. 

 Genus LAGOPUS, Brisson, Ornith. i. pp. 181, 216 (1760). 



Lagopus = XaywTrovs, rough^footed like a hare ; from Xayws + TTOVS. 



