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GREY-THROATED QUAIL. 

 (Coturnix grisea.) 



Co. supra griseo yiigroque mria suhtus cinereo-griseafjugulopeC' 



tore abdomineque Jasciis nigris, remigibus Juscis. 

 Quail above varied vs^ith grey and black , beneath grey-ash ; with 



the jugulum, breast^ and abdomen, with black fasciae 3 the 



quills brown. 

 Coturnix grisea. Temm. Gall. Ind. p, 744. 

 Perdix grisea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 054. 37. 

 Tetrao griseus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 704. 37. 

 La Caille brune de Madagascar. Sonner. Voy, Ind. 2. 171- — 



Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 523. 

 Grey-throated Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 788. 33. 



This species is described by Sonnerat, from the 

 Isle of Madagascar : it is the size of the common 

 Quail : the upper part of the head, the top, and 

 hind part of the neck, are varied with black and red, 

 the former colour being predominant : the throat 

 is of a bright earthy grey : the feathers of the 

 lower part of the neck, the breast, and the belly, 

 are the same, with two bands of black on each, 

 following the direction of the margin: the feathers 

 of the back, the rump, the tail, the lesser and 

 middle ones of the wings, are bright earthy grey, 

 transversely striped with black : the greater quills 

 are brown : the irides are yellow : the beak and 

 the feet are black. 



