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GREY-THROATED QUAIL. .4, 
(Coturnix grisea,) 
Co, supra griseo nigroque varia subtus ci nereo- grisea, jugulo pec» 
tore ahdomineque fasciis nigris, remigibus fuscis. 
Quail above varied with grey and black ; beneath grey-ash ; with 
the jugulum, breast, and abdomen, with black fasciae; the 
quills brown. • 
Coturnix grisea, Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 744. 
Perdix grisea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 654. 37. * 
Tetrao griseus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 704. 37. 
La Caille bmne de INIadagascar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. I7I. — 
Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3.p. 523. 
Grey-throated Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 788. 33. 
This species is described by Sonnerat, from the 
Isle of Madagascar : it is the size of the common 
Quail : the upper part of the liead, the top, and 
hind part of the neck, are varied with black and red, 
the former colour being predominant : the throat 
is of a bright earthy grey : the feathers of the 
lower part of the neck, the breast, and the belly, 
are the same, with two bands of black on each, 
following the direction of the margin: the feathers 
of the back, the rump, the tail, the lesser and 
middle ones of the wings, are bright earthy grey, 
transversely striped with black : the greater quills 
are brown : the irides are yellow : the beak and 
the feet are black. 
