3GG 
COROMANDEL QUAIL. 
Considerably inferior in size to the common 
Quail : the male has the head black : the crown 
rufous yellow : on the throat is a deep triangular 
black patch, which extends upwards to the ears : 
the superciliary band, and one on the middle of 
the head, are similar to those of the common 
species : the feathers of the neck, the back, the 
scapulars, and the rump, have a broad lanceolated 
reddish white spot in their middle, bordered with 
black ; the rest of the feather is grey-brown, with 
black spots, marked with narrow red lines : the 
wing-coverts are grey, striped with yellow bands, 
which are edged with black ; the secondaries and 
quills are grey : on the fore-part of the neck is a 
broad longitudinal black band, extending to the 
breast ; the latter, and also the rest of the under 
parts of the body, are whitish, with a deep black 
longitudinal stripe in the middle of each feather, 
slightly bordered on each side with wliite : the 
beak is brown, and the feet are yellowish. The 
female differs from the male in having the throat 
of a rufous cast, or whitish, slightly tipped with 
dusky : a narrow band of dusky black extends 
along the front of the neck to the breast: the 
under parts of the body are whitish red, irregularly 
marked with black spots. The young have not 
tlie triangular black patch on the throat. 
Tliis inhabits the Coromandel coast. 
