MADAGASCAR QUAIL. 



369 



feather with a yellow-white band following the 

 direction of the shafts ; the feathers of the nape 

 are spotted with black, and those of the back are 

 transversely striped with black and red : the space 

 between the eyes, the throat, and the fore-part of 

 the neck, are deep black : over the eyes is a nar- 

 row band of white, which is directed towards the 

 nape, and from the base of the beak arises a second, 

 rather broader, one passing beneath the eyes, and 

 forming a border to the black on the throat and 

 fore-part of the neck : on the breast is a rounded 

 gorget of a deep red-chesnut hue : the sides of the 

 neck, between the two white bands, and those of 

 the breast, are of a fine grey-blue : the middle of 

 the belly is deep black, sprinkled with rounded 

 pure white spots: the feathers on the sides are 

 long and narrow, are chesnut with yellowish white 

 shafts, bounded on each side with a black line : 

 the wing-coverts are transversely barred with black 

 and reddish white ; and have the shafts whitish, 

 and many of the feathers tipped with the latter 

 colour : the quills are brownish ash, slightly tinged 

 with rufous on their outer w^ebs : the tail is black, 

 varied with narrow transverse reddish lines : the 

 beak is black : irides dull yellow ; and feet reddish. 

 Inhabits Madagascar. 



V* XI. p. II. 



