310 PARTRIDGE. 



53.— MADAGASCAR QUAIL. 



Perdix striata, Ind. Orn. ii. 654. 



Tetrao striatus, Gm. Lin. i. 763. 



Caille a ventre perle, Temin. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 570. 



Grande Caille de Madagascar, Sou. Voy. Ind. ii. 169. pi. 9S. Sonnin. Buf. xii. p. 139. 



Tab. Enc. Orn. 221. pi. 97. f. 2. 

 Madagascar Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 788. 



THIS is twice the size of our Quail. Bill black; irides dirty 

 yellow ; top of the head, hind part of the neck and back, brownish 

 rufous, streaked with yellowish white lines on the top of the head ; 

 the feathers of the back have also the same kind of streaks, but 

 crossed with black bands ; on each side of the head are two white 

 stripes; the first above the eye, descending down the neck; the other 

 from the gape, running nearly parallel ; between them grey ; the 

 throat black ; above the breast chestnut ; breast and belly black, 

 marked with round white spots; the feathers on the sides of the 

 belly long and narrow, and hide both the belly and thighs ; these 

 are chestnut, with yellowish white shafts, bounded on each side with 

 a black line ; lesser wing coverts pale rufous, streaked with white, 

 and crossed with irregular lines of black ; the others the same, but 

 the lines yellowish white ; second quills black, marked with yellowish 

 bands, and yellowish white shafts; the greater dirty brown ; tail 

 black, crossed with yellowish white, and the shafts of this last colour; 

 legs pale rufous. 



Inhabits Madagascar. 



54 -COROMANDEL QUAIL. 



Perdix Coromandelica, Ind. Orn. ii. 654. 



Coturnix textilis, Caille nattee, Temm. Pig. fy Gall. 8vo. iii. 512. 



Tetrao Coromandelicus, Gm. Lin. i. 764. 



