on the genus Coturnix.



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stripes passing down the back of the head are dark brown, the

sides of the body being suffused with this colour. The markings

of the young of the true quails are practically the same in all of

the species, though the colour differs somewhat.


At the conclusion of these notes I propose to explain the

method I have adopted for the rearing of the young of this and.

other species of quails.



Coturnix coromandelica . C. delegorguei.


DIAGRAM SHEWING TH ROAT - M AR Kl NGS.


Coturnix delegorguei (fig. V.). The Harlequin or Delegorgue's

Quail is the rarest, the most beautiful and the tamest, so far as

my experience goes, of the true quails. In size it is about equal

to the Rain-Quail but the male differs from this in having a much

broader black patch on the breast, and the flanks deep chestnut

brown. It is an exceedingly handsome species, but one that is

very rarely imported. The Zoological Society appear to have

received their first example in July, 1869,* another in 1873, others

in 1883 and 1884, since which the species appears to have been

unrepresented in the Society's collection. In the year 1886

others were imported, for Mr. R. Phillipps informs me that one

London dealer had fully eighteen living specimens, and he

purchased a pair, and an odd female the following spring.

Between June 7th and June 22nd, 1887, eight eggs were laid in



In the List of the Veriebrated Animals this species is entered under the synonym


C. kistrionica.



