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almost to a feather, inclusive of the black throat, with 

 Italian skins. Quails often have the markings of the throat 

 brown where they are black in your specimen, but to what 

 the difference is attributable has not yet been clearly as- 

 certained. It is probably due to age or season." 



I need only add that the length of this specimen was 81 

 inches from the tip of the bill to the tip of the tail, and the 

 weight only two ounces, as it was in very poor condition. 



This specimen is now in the College Museum. 



