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WHITE-THROATED QUAIL, 
(Coturnix torquata.) 
Co. corpore supra Jiiscoy lineis nigris transversim striatOf subtus 
alhicante, cequaliter undulato, vertice nigricante, genis atris, 
gutture alboy nigro margine cincto. 
Quail with the body above brown, striated with transverse black 
lines; beneath whitish, equally undulated ; the crown dusky; 
the cheeks dark-coloured ; the throat white, surrounded by a 
black margin. 
Coturnix torquatus. Manduit, Ency. Method. — Temm, Gall. 
Ind. p. 744. 
Caille ^ gorge blanche, Temm, Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 521. 
This bird is described by Manduit in the En- 
cyclop6die M^thodique. It has the top of the 
head dusky : the cheeks deep black, extending on 
the sides, and in front of the neck, forming a bor- 
der to the throat, which is white : a narrow white 
band arises at the base of the upper mandible, and 
passes above the eyes, which is continued to the 
extremity of the neck : the hind head is brown : 
the top of the neck dusky, longitudinally striped 
with dull white : the back is brown, transversely 
waved with black : the belly is yellowish, equally 
varied with zigzag lines : the rump and the upper 
tail-coverts are grey, varied with brown : the wing- 
coverts are brownish ; the scapulars and the lesser 
feathers of the wing are fine brown on their outer 
webs, and on their inner varied with reddish ; the 
middle is marked with black : the sides of the body 
