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specimens of a Quail from India which 

 resemble the male Grey Quail, but while 

 retaining the black band on the throat 

 have the surrounding parts rufous in a 

 more or less marked degree, thus ap- 

 proximating to the colour of the Cape 

 Quail (C. capensis). Similar birds are 

 not uncommon in Europe, and they seem 

 to be the result of the interbreeding of 

 the Grey with the Cape Quail. Some 

 of these birds, on the spring migration 

 from Africa to Europe, no doubt get 

 driven to India. 



