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coloured streak, and another over each eye, almost to the back ; the 

 chin, sides under the eyes, and throat white; sides of the neck and 

 breast clay-colour ; down the middle, from the throat to the breast, 

 a broad black streak ; the rest of the under parts pale clay-colour, 

 each feather marked down the middle with a long black streak, 

 rounded at the bottom ; back and wings pale mottled brown, as the 

 head, marked with a series of pale yellow streaks down the middle, 

 and two others of the same on each side, besides some fine similar 

 lines from the shafts of each feather ; legs pale red, three toes only, 

 all placed forwards. 



Inhabits India, called Balen : it seems to correspond in many 

 things with the Coromandel Quail. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



•One, supposed to be a female, is marked much the same about 

 the head, but without the black down the breast, or the transverse 

 curved marks on the throat ; sides of the body dirty white, with 

 fewer black spots. 



With the above another of the first. The plumage much the 

 same, but darker in colour ; and the under parts flesh-colour, instead 

 of pale rufous, or clay-colour. This is called Gassnr, and is probably 

 a young bird ; it differs, however, in having on one leg a rudiment 

 of a hind claw. 



A. — Length five inches. Bill pale blue; above the body is pale 

 mottled ash-colour, with a series of yellowish streaks ; also some 

 large spots of blackish before, and marbled behind ; the wings pale 

 brownish rose-colour, checquered with white, and in the interstices a 

 a spot of black ; greater quills dusky ; on the middle of the crown 

 a slender yellow streak ; the rest of the crown marbled ; sides of the 

 head paler; round the eye nearly white; beneath the bird is wholly 

 buff-colour ; sides of the breast spotted with black ; tail blotched 

 with brown ; legs flesh-colour, no hind toe. 



Inhabits India. — Gen. Hardwicke; taken at Cawnpore, in May. 



