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NEW-GUINEA QUAIL. 



in the centre of each feather : the back, the rump, 

 the tail-coverts, and middle ones of the wings, are 

 transversely striped with broad bands of black and 

 narrow zigzag ones of deep rufous; all the feathers 

 being whitish yellow in their centre, forming a nar- 

 row stripe of that colour down each shaft : the 

 lesser coverts towards the bend of the wing are 

 grey-brown: the fore-part of the neck, the breast, 

 and the whole of the rest of the under parts of the 

 body, are greyish -rufous ; most of the feathers 

 having their shafts whitish, and being transversely 

 barred with black : the quills are brown, with a 

 reddish hue on their outer webs : the tail is covered 

 by its upper coverts, and is of a brown colour, 

 barred with zigzag lines of deep rufous : the feet 

 and the claws are brown : the beak is dusky blue. 

 The female is duller in colour, and has more of a 

 greyish tinge over the whole plumage : the reddish 

 spots on the upper parts are more irregularly dis- 

 posed, the shafts of each feather being white as in 

 the male : the under parts of the body are reddish- 

 grey, with very slight zigzag brown lines. 



This is abundant in New Holland : it has the 

 same manners as the common Quail. 



NEW-GUINEA QUAIL. 



(Coturnix Novae-Guineae.) 



Co. corpore supra JuscOy subtus dilutiore, tectricibus alarum mar- 

 gine JlavicantibuSf reinigibus nigris. 



