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In some, supposed to be young males, there is a large patch of 

 black in the middle of the breast, and the tail spotted or mottled 

 with brown. One specimen had the three curved crescents on the 

 chin, but the ground was buff, and not. white; the under side of 

 the body buff, with white streaks, and a few black spots. 



Inhabits India. — From the Collection of Gen. Hardwicke. 



61.— MANILLA QUAIL. 



Perdix Manillensis, hid. Orn. ii. 655. 



Tetrao Manillensis, Gm. Lin. i. 764. 



La petite Caille de L'Isle de Lu<;on, Son. Voy. 54. pi. 24. 



Manilla Quail, Gen. Syn. iv. 790. 



SIZE of a House Sparrow ; length four inches. Bill dusky; 

 top and hind part of the head black ; back and wings the same, 

 marked with oblong, grey lines on the wings ; throat white ; sides 

 tinged with rufous; breast greyish, spotted transversely with black ; 

 belly yellow, banded with black ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the Island of Manilla. 



In the collection of Mr. Comyns, of Mount Pleasant, Devon, is one 

 similar; crown deep brown, with pale streaks; the rest of the upper 

 parts nearly the same, but the streaks much longer, in the manner 

 of our European Quail ; neck before pale rufous, crossed with dusky 

 stripes; breast and belly the same, but much paler, and the bars at 

 greater distances; wings brown, with dusky bars on the coverts; 

 tail short, hid by the upper coverts; bill dusky; legs and toes yellow, 

 and equally full of scaly segments ; toes four in number. 



Said to have been brought from the Isle of Juan Fernandez, in 

 1781. — The above, and the Chinese Quail, both inhabit Java, are said 

 to differ only in sex, the last described being the female; and they are 

 known to the Javanese by the name of Piker. 



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