312 PARTRIDGE. 



56.— MARBLED QUAIL. 



BILL black, paler beneath; plumage above mixed, and marbled 

 with clay-colour and brown, and with bluish on the back ; over the 

 eye an obscure cream-coloured streak ; chin, sides under the eye, 

 neck, and throat pale rufous clay, striated across with fine black 

 lines ; from the breast to the vent much the same ; clouded with 

 whitish, and irregular patches of black ; the wings pale clay-colour, 

 mottled with brown on the coverts and second quills ; greater quills 

 plain ; legs dusky ash-colour. 



Inhabits India. 



57— COMMON QUAIL. 



Perdix Coturnix, Ind. Orn. ii. 651. 



Cotumix dactylisonans, Tern. Man. 312. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. iii. 478. 



Tetrao Coturnix, Lin. i. '278. Faun. suec. No. 206. Gm. Lin. i. 765. Scop. i. No. 



176. Brun. No. 202. Midler, No. 226. Kramer, 357. Frisch, t. 116. Georgi, 



173. Sepp. t. p. 143. Faun. Arag. 83. Hasehj. It. 279. Id. Voy. 203. Rait, 



58. A. 6. Will. 121. t. 29. Bris. i. 247. Id. Svo. i. 69. Klein, 115. F. I. Id. 



Stem. 25. t. 27. f. 3. a. b. Id. Ov. 33. t. 15. f. 6. Borowsk. ii. 194. 10. Faun. 



Helv. Gerin. iii. t. 243. 244. 

 Quaglia, Zinnan. Uov. 36. t. 5. f. 19. Celt. Uc. Sard. p. 118. 

 Wachtel, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 35. Naturf. xvii. 73. Id. xxii. 136. Bechst. Deut. 



iii. 556. Id. Ed. 2d. v. iii. 1402. Schmid, Vog. 105. t. 92. 

 La Caille, Buf. ii. 449. pi. 16. Id. Son. vii. 59. pi. 55. f. 2. PI. enl. 170. Tab. 



Enc. Orn. ii. 7. pi. 96. f. 2. 

 The Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 779. Id. Sup. 222. Id. Slip. ii. 280. Br. Zool. i. No. 97. 



Id.fol. 87. pi. M. 6. Id. 1812. i. p. 366. Arct. Zool. ii. 320. B. Albin, i. pi. 



30. Will. Engl. 169. t. 29. Bewick, pi. p. 308. Lewin, iv. pi. 138. Id. pi. 



xxii. 2. — the egg. Walcot, ii. pi. 185. Pult. Dors. p. 7. Orn. Diet. Graves, 



Br. Orn. v. ii. Id. Ov. pt. 1. 



THIS well known bird is seven inches and a half in length. 

 Bill dusky; head black, mixed with rufous; down the middle of 

 the crown, and back part of the neck, a yellowish streak ; another 



