62 CLASS AVES. 



The TuRNix. Bonnat. Ortygis, 111. 



Have, indeed, all the appearance of the quails ; their 

 toes are completely separated, even to their base, 

 and without small membranes. 



Fighting Quail. Lath. H. Hemip. Pugnax. T. 

 Col. 602. 



Throat, black ; eyebrows and temples, white and 

 black, dotted ; body above, reddish, varied with black 

 and white ; beneath, white and black lined. 



In Java, this species is made to fight for amuse- 

 ment, as the cock is in England. 



Black-necked Quail. Lath. Tetrao Nigricollis, 

 Enl. 171. 



Chest and neck, black ; body, above, brownish chest- 

 nut, with black wavy lines ; beneath, ash ; wings, 

 white spotted. Tetrao Madagascarensis of Gmelen. 

 Madagascar. 



Andalusian Quail. Lath. Tet. Andalusicus. Lath. 

 Syn. IV. p. 2, figure of the title-page. 



Black, with transverse fulvous bands ; feathers, pale 

 edged ; beneath, reddish-white ; crown with a white 

 streak ; eyebrows, reddish. The Hemipodius Tachy- 

 dromus. Temm. South of Europe and North Africa. 

 Turnix Africanus. Desfont. Lath. Hist. t. 132. 



Black-fronted Quail. Lath. H. Hemipodius Ni- 

 grifrons. Tem. 610, and Vieill. Gal. 218. 



Reddish-yellow ; wing-coverts, black dotted ; throat, 



