COTURNIX PECTORALIS, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



Cot. low, auriculis guldqae fulvis ; summo capite nuchdque saturate brunneis, lineis duabus stramineis 

 super oculum; lined stramined a rostro ad nucham excurrente ; nucha brunned, plumis singulis 

 lanceolatd centrali stramined, et ad latera nigro guttatis ; dorso tectricibusque superioribus caudce 

 fuscis, lineis angularibus nigris transversim notatis, strigdque lanceolatd centrali stramined ; alis 

 fuscis lineis angularibus griseis et nigris transversim fasciatis ; remigibus primariis cum macula 

 pectorali nigris ; lateribus pectoris brunneis ; abdomine cdbo, plumis singulis lined centrali nigra; 

 lateribus corporis saturate brunneis, plumis singulis strigis tribus, quarum exteriores nigrce sunt, 

 intermedia alba ; rostro nigrescenti ; pedibus fusco-carneis. 



Long. tot. 6 j unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 3| ; tarsi, |. 



Space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, and throat buff ; crown of the head and back of 

 the neck deep brown ; over each eye two parallel lines of yellowish white ; a similar line down the 

 centre of the head from the forehead to the nape ; back of the neck brown, each feather marked down 

 its centre with a lanceolate mark of yellowish white, blotched on each side with black ; mantle, back, 

 and upper tail-coverts brown, transversely rayed with zigzag markings of black, and striped down the 

 centre with lanceolate markings of yellowish white ; wings brown, transversely rayed with zigzag lines 

 of grey and black ; primaries and centre of the chest black ; sides of the chest brown ; abdomen white, 

 each feather marked down its centre with black ; flanks rich brown, the centre of each feather white 

 bounded on either side by a fine line of black ; bill blackish brown ; feet fleshy brown. 



Coturnix pectoralis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



COTURNIX NOV^E-ZELANDI/E, Quay et Gaim. 



Fig. 2. 



Mas. Cot capite corporeque superiore brunneis, singulis plumis nigro maculatis strigdque albd longi- 

 tudir. ali in medio excurrente ; notd ad basin rostri, plumis auricular ibus, et gutture, rufescenti- 

 fuse $ ; pectore abdomineque nigro et rufescenti-brunneo 7naculatis ; lateribus nigro brunneoque 

 ornatis singulis plumis lined albd centrali notatis ; crisso pallide brunneo, nigro notato ; re- 

 migibus fuscis ; rostro nigrescenti-brunneo ; pedibus pallide brunneis. 



Fcem. a mare differt, loro guldque subalbidis ; pectore abdomineque obscure albis, plumis singulis 

 abdominis fascia nigra cinctis. 



Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, i; aim, 4 \ ; tarsi, 1. 



Male. Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather strongly blotched with 

 black, and having a fine white stripe down the centre ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, 

 and throat rufous brown ; chest and abdomen mottled with black and light reddish brown ; feathers of 

 the flanks irregularly marked with black and brown, and striped down the centre with white ; under 

 tail-coverts light brown, spotted with black ; primaries dark brown ; bill blackish brown ; feet light 

 brown. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the throat, and the space between the bill and' the eye 

 pale buffy white, and the feathers of the chest and belly dirty white, each feather of the latter being 

 surrounded near the edge by a band of black. 



In the Museums of the Zoological Society and King's College, London. 



Coturnix Nova-Zelandiai, Quoy et Gaim., D'Urville, Voy. de F Astrolabe, 1833. 



Habitat. New Zealand. 



