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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



colour ; lower part of the breast, belly, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts, yellowish-white ; the flanks streaked with pale 

 chestnut ; legs, toes, and claws, pale brown. 



The female has no marks descending down the sides of 

 the neck, nor the black patch in front, but the feathers on 

 her breast are strongly marked with a small dark spot on 

 each side of the light straw-coloured shaft. 



Young birds resemble the female ; the black patch on 

 the neck of the males is not assumed until their second 

 moult. The entire length of the full-grown Quail is 

 seven inches. 



