56 CLASS AVES. 



tail shorter, without the red eyebrow, and without 

 spurs. 



All the world knows 



The Common Quail, Petrao Coturnix. L. Enl. 

 170. Frisch. II7. Naum. 4, f. 4. 



The back brown, undulated with black ; a pointed 

 white stripe on each feather ; throat, brown ; eye- 

 brows, whitish. Celebrated for its migrations. This 

 bird, heavy as it is, finds means nevertheless to tra- 

 verse the Mediterranean. 



Is the Coturnix Dactylisonans of Meyer and Temm. 

 found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Length, seven 

 inches. Sometimes found more or less white. 



Add to these, the 



Chinese Quail. Lath. Tet. Chinensis. Lin. Enl. 

 126, f. 2. The Tetrao Manillensis of Gm. Son. 1st 

 Voy. pi. 24, is the female. 



Brown, varied with black spots, and white lines ; chest 

 and sides, bluish grey ; belly, chestnut ; cheeks, and 

 arches on the neck, white, edged with black ; throat, 

 black. Female, ashy, varied with red and black ; 

 eyebrows and temples, red; throat, white; beneath, 

 ash, with black waved moons. See Edw. t. 247- 

 Male. Inhabits China and Molucca. 



New Holland Quail. Lath. Perdiw Australia. 

 Lath. Vieil. Gal. 215. 



Clouded chestnut, black streaked ; shaft of feathers 



