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BLACK-NECKED TURNIX. 
Turnix with the throat and lower part of the neck black ; the 
body above varied with grey, red, and black ; beneath grey ; 
wings spotted with white. 
Tetrao nigricollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 767 . 
Perdix nigricollis. Lath. hid. Orn. 2. 656. 47 . 
Hemipodius nigricollis. Tcmm. Gall. Ind. 754. 
Coturnix Madagascariensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 252. l6.pl. 25.J^2. 
La Caillede .Madagascar. Buff.Ois. 2.47p. — PI- Bnl. 17 !• 
Turnix cagnan. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 6\Q. 
Black-necked Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 79 I. 3Q. 
Size of the common Quail : length between six 
and seven inches : the upper part and sides of the 
head and the neck white, black, and rufous mixed : 
the upper parts of the neck and body are variegated 
with grey, rufous, and black, in streaks and spots 
of the latter colour : wing-coverts varied with 
rufous and grey, with a few irregular spots of yel- 
lowish white, most of which are accompanied by a 
streak of black : scapulars nearly the same ; some 
of the feathers striped with whitish : quills brown ; 
the three or four outer ones bordered with white : 
chin and fore-part of the neck black, ending in a 
point on the breast, which is grey, with rufous 
sides : the sides of the body, belly, thighs, and 
vent, grey : tail varied with rufous and black, and 
is transversely waved : the feet and the beak are 
greyish yellow. 
This species inhabits Madagascar, but nothing 
is known of its manners. 
