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WHITE-THROATED QUAIL- 

 ( Coturnix torquata.) 



Co. corpore supra JuscOf lineis nigris transversim striata, suhtiis 



albicante, eequaliter undulato, vertice nigricante , genis atris, 



gutture alboy nigra margine cincta. 

 Quail with the body above brown, striated with transverse black 



lines; beneath whitish, equally undulated ; the crown dusky; 



the cheeks dark-coloured ; the throat white, surrounded by a 



black margin. 



Coturnix torquatus. Manduit, Ency. Method. — Temm, Gall, 

 Ind. p. 744. 



Caille k gorge blanche. Temm, Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 52\, 



This bird is described by Manduit in the En- 

 cyclopedic M6thodique. It has the top of the 

 head dusky : the cheeks deep black, extending on 

 the sides, and in front of the neck, forming a bor- 

 der to the throat, which is white : a narrow white 

 band arises at the base of the upper mandible, and 

 passes above the eyes, which is continued to the 

 extremity of the neck : the hind head is brown : 

 the top of the neck dusky, longitudinally striped 

 with dull white : the back is brown, transversely 

 waved with black : the belly is yellowish, equally 

 varied with zigzag lines : the rump and the upper 

 tail-coverts are grey, varied with brown : the wing- 

 coverts are brownish : the scapulars and the lesser 

 feathers of the wing are fine brown on their outer 

 webs, and on their inner varied with reddish ; the 

 middle is marked with black : the sides of the body 



