BASQUES. 



COMMON QUAIL. 413 



TETRAONIDM. 



Perdix coturnix, 

 Tetrao 

 )> 



Coturnix vulyaris, 

 Perdix coturnix, 



THE COMMON QUAIL. 



Coturnix vulgaris. 

 The Quail, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 366. 



Common 



Coturnix dactylisonans, , 

 Perdix coturnix, La caille, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 361. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 45. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 437. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 174. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 491. 



COTURNIX. Generic Characters. Beak strong, shorter than the head, 

 upper mandible curved. Nostrils basal, lateral, half closed by an arched 

 membrane. Feet with four toes, those anterior connected by a membrane 

 as far as the first articulation. Tail short, rounded, recumbent, almost hid 

 by the tail-coverts. 



