TETRAO CORTUNIX, 



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Generic Character. See Tetrao Urogallus. 



Synonyms, 



Tetrao Cortunix. Lin. Syjl. i, 278. 20. 

 ^ERDix Cortunix. Ind, Orn. 2*p. 651. 28. 

 Quail, Br, Zool 1. 97. Ib.fol 87. tab. M. 6. ArSi. 



Zool. 2. p. 320. B. Lath. Syn. 4. 



p. 779. 24- Ib.fupt.p. 222 



P/. 305. 



Length feven inches and a half, breadth twelve inches ; 

 ':he weight varies very confiderably in different fpecimens, 

 ; bmetimes being little more than two, and at others exceeding 

 IX ounces. Bill fliort and thick, generally covered \yith fcurf ; 

 ■syes bright hazel, varying with age to yellow ; tail compofed 

 >f twelve feathers, which are moftly hid by the tail coverts ; legs 

 flender. The female wants the black gorget on the breaft, 

 and is lefs brilliant in colours, otherwife the markings of the 

 fexes are alike. 



Quails are generally confidered as migratory birds in this 

 -country, though fome few winter here, which may perhaps 

 )e late hatched birds ; the principal part take their departure 

 bout the end of October, and repair fouthwards, returning 

 •n the enfuing fpring (in diminifhed numbers) about the middle 



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