Quails. 85 



by a dark band connected with the throat- 

 patch. The sides of the throat are pure 

 white. The breast is buff, with narrow 

 white streaks. The sides of the body 

 are rich buff with black marks and 

 conspicuous long whitish streaks. The 

 plumage of this widely distributed quail 

 varies a good deal, but the above descrip- 

 tion represents a fairly average Indian 

 bird. 



The female has the upper plumage and 

 the wings similar to the same parts in the 

 male, but she entirely wants the beautiful 

 black and white colouring on the throat 

 and sides of the head so conspicuous in 

 the male. The entire lower plumage is 

 pale buff, the upper breast being thickly 

 spotted with black and narrowly streaked 

 with white. The sides of the body re- 

 semble the same parts in the male, and 

 retain in an equal degree the streaked 

 appearance. 



Length up to 8^ ; wing about 4^ ; tail 

 about 2 ; legs flesh-colour ; irides brown ; 

 bill horn-colour or brown, varying in 

 shade. Weight up to 4^ oz. 



In the British Museum there are five 



