112 QUAIL SHOOTING. 



ochreous yellow, palest at the tip, where the wings 

 join the body ; the central markings are wanting, and 

 the black is relieved by grey tips and wavy bars of 

 Sienna yellow ; throat, pale ochreous yellow, bounded 

 by a deep, blackish-brown gorget, and on the sides 

 cut into by a dark stripe of the same colour, running 

 from the gape, and turning inwards near the middle 

 of the pale space ; breast yellowish wood-brown, 

 shading into pale ochreous on the lower parts; on 

 the breast, the feathers are marked with two round 

 or oval spots, on the exterior of each web ; on the 

 flanks these patches border each feather irregularly, 

 bounding a pale open space along the shafts, which 

 is nearly pure white." 



The above was a female quail ; as are all or most 

 of those that are met with in autumn. The plumage 

 of the male is darker ; there is more chesnut in the 

 tints, and the breast is of a reddish brown, pale, and 

 without spots, while the chin and throat are brown- 

 black, so mingled as to form, in that part, which is 

 pale space, in the female, a sort of cross. 



