MADAGASCAR QUAIL. 
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feather with a yellow-white band following the 
direction of the shafts ; the feathers of the nape 
are spotted with black, and those of the back are 
transversely striped with black and red : the space 
between the eyes, the throat, and the fore-part of 
the neck, are deep black : over the eyes is a nar- 
row band of white, which is directed towards the 
nape, and from the base of the beak arises a second, 
rather broader, one passing beneath the eyes, and 
forming a border to the black on the throat and 
fore-part of the neck : on the breast is a rounded 
gorget of a deep red-chesnut hue : the sides of the 
neck, between the two white bands, and those of 
the breast, are of a fine grey-blue : the middle of 
the belly is deep black, sprinkled with rounded 
pure white spots : the feathers on the sides are 
long and narrow, are chesnut with yellowish white 
shafts, bounded on each side with a black line : 
the wing-coverts are transversely barred with black 
and reddish white ; and have the shafts whitish, 
and many of the feathers tipped with the latter 
colour : the quills are brownish ash, slightly tinged 
with rufous on their outer w^ebs : the tail is black, 
varied with narrow transverse reddish lines : the 
beak is black : irides dull yellow 5 and feet reddish. 
Inhabits Madagascar. 
V. XI. P. II. 
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