Order GALLING.] [Fam. TETEAONIDJE. 



COTURNIX NOVjE ZEALANDI.E. 



(NEW-ZEALAND QUAIL.) 



Cotwrnix novae Zealandice, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de l'Astr. (Zool.)i. p. 242, pi. 24. fig. 1 (1830). 



Native name. — Koreke. 



6 ad. supra rufescenti-brunneus : dorsi plumis medialiter fulvo striatis, utrinque nigro marginatis, plumis 

 quibusdam nigro irregulariter maculatis aut vermiculatis : pileo saturatius brunneo, supercilio 

 et linea, verticali fulvescentibus : collo postico et laterali fulvescente : facie laterali et gutture toto 

 castaneis, genis et regione auriculari paullo nigricante variis : tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis 

 dorso concoloribus, his magis fulvescentioribus : remigibus nigricantibus, secundariis anguste fulvo 

 vermiculatis : rectricibus nigris, fulvo transfasciatis, scapis etiam rufescenti-fulvis : subtus albicans, 

 pectore superiore et abdomine imo fulvescentibus : pectoris plumis nigro marmoratis, fascia lata, nigra 

 transfasciatis, abdominis plumis fasciis sagittiformibus nigris notatis : hypochondriis rufescenti-fulvis 

 nigro transversim irregulariter fasciatis, et conspicue medialiter albo striatis : crisso et subcaudalibus 

 nigro notatis et fasciatis : subalaribus albidis, anguste brunneo marginatis, margine alari brunneo 

 vario : rostro nigro, versus apicem dilutiore : pedibus pallide carneis : iride pallide brunnea. 



§ ad. mari similis, sed paullo major, ubique ddutior : facie castanea et pectore nigro absentibus : facie laterali 

 guttureque fulvescenti-albis, ilia brunneo maculata : corpore reliquo subtus rufescente, abdomine medio 

 albicante, plumis omnibus nigro marginatis, pectoris plumis et hypochondriis medialiter albo lineatis. 



<3 juv. similis feminse adultse, sed facie laterali et gutture pallide rufescentibus : corporis subtus plumis latius 

 nigro marginatis. 



<j> juv. similis feminse adultse, sed corporis subtus plumis magis distincte nigro marginatis. 



Adult male. Crown of the head and nape dark brown edged with paler, a series of feathers down the 

 centre and on the sides marked in the middle with yellowish white ; shoulders, mantle, and all the 

 upper surface rufous brown, beautifully varied with black, and marked with numerous lanceolate stripes 

 of white. On closer examination it will be found that this effect is produced by each feather having a 

 broad lanceolate mark of white down the shaft, bordered on each side with black, dark brown on the 

 webs, fancifully rayed, or banded transversely, and largely tipped with rufous brown. Lores, line over 

 the eyes, sides of head, and throat rufous, with a lunar mark from the ear-coverts on each side, and an 

 anterior edging or border of black ; lower part of the neck mottled or obscurely spotted with black and 

 white, the former preponderating; examined separately, however, each feather is black crossed by 

 irregular bands and largely tipped with white ; sides and long plumage overlapping the thighs rufous 

 brown, each feather margined and marked down the centre with white, and handsomely streaked and 

 barred on the webs with brownish black ; abdomen fulvous white, the under tail-coverts barred with 

 black ; primaries and outer secondaries dark brown, the latter rayed on their outer webs with zigzag lines 

 of paler brown ; inner secondaries and all the wing-coverts, as well as the tail-feathers, greyish brown, 

 varied with pale rufous, each feather with a narrow shaft-line of white. Irides light hazel; bill black, 

 paler at the tip; tarsi and toes pale flesh-brown. Total length 8'5 inches; extent of wings 14; 

 wing, from flexure, 4*25 ; tail 1*5 ; bill, along the ridge "5, along the edge of lower mandible - 6 ; 

 tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw T25. 



