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CHINESE QUAIL. 
white gorget, the lateral margins of which bend 
upwards towards the orifice of the ears, and are 
surrounded by a narrow border of black ; the fore- 
head, a stripe beneath the eyes, the breast, and the 
sides, are of a lead-colour, the latter marked with 
black bands : the middle of the belly, the thighs, 
and the abdomen, are red chesnut : the whole of 
the upper parts of the body and the tail-coverts 
are grey-brown, varied with different sized black 
spots ; and most of the feathers have their shafts 
whitish : the wings are grey-brown : the greater 
coverts are lead -colour towards their tips, and the 
whole are tipped and fringed with chesnut : the 
beak is black : the feet and the claws are yellow. 
The female has the throat and the middle of the 
belly pure white : the cheeks, the forehead, and a 
stripe above the eyes, are of a bright red : the fea- 
thers of the head are dusky, tipped with greyish : 
a narrow longitudinal band extends over the mid- 
dle of the crown from the forehead : the feathers 
of the back, and those that cover the rump, are 
red, with black spots, and longitudinal reddish 
white dashes : the scapulars and the wing-coverts 
are grey-brown, marked with delicate black un- 
dulated lines, and many black spots on their inner 
webs : the breast, and the sides of the belly, the 
thighs, and the abdomen, are bright grey, striped 
transversely with black : the feathers on the sides 
are slightly tinged with reddish : the wings are 
grey-brown : the beak is brown ; and tlie legs are 
as in the male. The young males greatly resemble 
the female. 
