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Tetrao Chinenfis, Lin. Syft. 1. p. 277. 19. z ^ 



La Caille des Philippines, Brif. orn. i. p. 254. pi. 25. f. I.— Pi. enl. 126. CHINESE Q^ 



(the female). 

 La Fraife, ou Caille de la Chine, Buf. oif. ii. p. 478. 

 Chinefe Qoail, Ediu. pi. 247. (the male). 



Br. Muf. Lev. M«f. 



r FHIS is a fmall fpecies, being in length only four inches*. Description. 



The bill is black ; all the upper parts beautifully variegated 

 with blackilh and pale brown : the throat black : cheeks and 

 fore part of the neck white : on the cheeks is a line puffing from 

 the gape through the middle, communicating on the fore part 

 with the black on the throat : the breaft is deep afti-colour, 

 marked with fome chefnut fpots : between the fore part of the 

 neck and the breaft is a band of black : the belly, thighs, and 

 vent chefnut : quills pale brown : tail very fhort, ehefnut : legs 

 yellow : claws brown. The Cock Quail is largeft f. 



This fpecies is found both in China and the Philippine Ifles, Bl*cs, 



and is frequently made ufe of by the Chinefe to warm the hands 

 in winter, as many of the paper-hangings from that country will 

 teftify. The females are bought up by the Europeans, to make 

 pies with on their voyage home, and coft three kandarin apiece : 

 the cock Quail is larger, and more fcarce %. The Chinefe are 

 alfo fond of Quail-fighting, in the manner of our Cocks, to thrs 

 day ||. 



* Edwards's bird meafures near fix inches, and is {potted on the breaft witl» 

 black. 



f OJbeck. % OJbeck Fay. i. p. 269. 303. ]| Edw. i p. 78. 



Tetrao. 



