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THE MOUNTAIN QUAIL. 



Major Carwithen says : — " The bill and legs were, when the 

 bird (a female) was shot, of a bright pink." 



THE PLATE is tolerable, but the lower parts in the male require 

 a slight olive tinge, those of the female a rather warmer tint ; 

 the eyelid ring in the female, at any rate (and possibly in the 

 male likewise), should be black ; the bills and feet should be a 

 much richer, and the former a brighter red, and the white 

 markings on the head of the male should have been in two con- 

 tinuous and regular lines, not broken up into patches. 



No OTHER species of this genus is known, 



