COTURNIX AUSTRALIS, Temm. 



Cot. sincipite, loro, guldque griseo-albis, stramineo lavatis ; partibus superioribus fastis striis transver- 

 salibus delicatulis, griseis, nigris et castanets, plumis singulis dor si strigd tenui centrali ; scapidis 

 griseo-fuscis ; alis fuscis obscuris canis brunneis nigrisque ; remigibus primariis fuscis griseo 

 brunneo notatis ; partibus inferioribus stramineo-canis, plumis omnibus lineis frequentibus inter - 

 ruptis, pluribus lined tenui centrali alba ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus carneis. 



Long. tot. 6-J unc. ; rostri, i ; ales, 2 ; tarsi, |. 



Forehead, space between the bill and the eye, and the throat greyish white with a tinge of buff ; 

 all the upper surface irregularly marked with beautiful transverse bars of grey, black, and chestnut, 

 each feather on the back having a fine stripe down the centre ; shoulders greyish brown, the remainder 

 of the wing marked with obscure transverse lines of grey, brown, and black ; primaries brown, mottled 

 on their external edges with greyish brown ; all the under surface buffy grey, each feather having 

 numerous zigzag markings of black, and many of them having a very fine line of white down the 

 centre ; bill brown ; feet flesh colour. 



Syn. Coturnix Australis, Temm. Pig. et Gall., torn. iii. p. 474. — Labill. Voy. a la recherche de La 

 Peyr., vol. i. p. 177. 

 Perdix Australis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. lxii. 



New Holland Quail, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 283 Gen.Hist., vol. viii. p. 306. No. 47. 



Remark. This species may at all times be distinguished from the rest of the genus by the minute 

 and uniform character of its markings, although this character is more strongly developed in some 

 specimens than in others. In some the black markings predominate over the lighter : these in all 

 probability are either females or young birds of the year. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



