COTURNIX. ORTYX. 143 



Coturnix communis. Quail. 



Coturnix Communis, Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth. i. 



p. 217(1790). 

 Tetrao C o t u r n i x, Lotw«ms, S. N. i. p. 378 (1766). 



Perdix coturnix, Naum. vi. p. 575. 



Coturnix dactylisonans, Macg. i. p. 233. 



Coturnix vulgaris, Hewitson, p. 284 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 400 ; 



id. ed. 3, ii. p. 413 ; Harting, p. 40. 

 Coturnix communis. Gray, p. 128 ; Gould, iv. pi. 15 ; Dresser, 



vii. p. 143 ; Saunders, iii. p. 123. 

 The Common Quail^ Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 355. 

 Communis = common. 



Thinly distributed throughout the British Islands during 

 the summer months. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa. 



[Genus ORTYX, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. pt. 1, 

 p. 376 (1819). 



Orii/x — bpTv^, the Quail, in classical Greek ; from the root of verto = I 

 turn, from its whirling flight (Cmrtius). Cf. Sanskr. vartakas = quail, vart = 

 to roll. 



Ortyx virgiiiianus. Virghnian Colin. 

 Tetrao virginianus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 277 (1760) . 



Ortyx virginiana, Macg. i. p. 228 ; Gray, p. 129 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, ii. p. 391 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 404. 

 Ortyx virginianus, Harting, p. 129 ; Saunders, iii. p. 122. 

 The Virginian Colin, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 348. 



Virginiarms = of Virginia. 



Introduced from North America, but never really esta- 

 blished.] 



Family TBTRAONID^. 

 Genus LAGOPUS, Brisson, Omith. i. pp. 181, 216 (1760). 



Lagopus = Xayonrows, rough-footed like a hare ; from Xayws + ttoSs. 



