QUAIL. 



Ill 



to the ears ; the rest of those parts are white : the entire 

 upper parts rufous brown, with a straw-coloured mark along 

 the centre of each feather, which mark is bordered with 

 black. The breast is tinged with brown ochre ; the shafts 

 white ; belly white, slightly tinged with rufous yellow. The 

 feathers of the sides and flanks are longitudinally marked 

 rufous and white ; the quills are dusky, the outer webs 

 barred with yellowish white. Tail dusky, consisting of twelve 

 feathers which are hid by the upper coverts. The female 

 has no black about the chin or throat. 



The egg figured 157 is that of the Quail. 



