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BLACK--NECKED TURNIX. 



Turnix with the throat and lower part of the neck black ; the 

 body above varied with grey, red, and black ; beneath grey ^ 

 wings spotted with white. 



Tetrao nigricollis. Gmel. Syd, Nat. 1 . / 67. 



Perdix nigricollis. Lath, hid. Orn. 2. 650. 47. 



Hemipodius nigricollis. Temm. Gall. Ind. 754. 



Coturnix Madagascariensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 25/. 16.;?/. 25.f>2k 



La Caille de Madagascar. Buff. Ois. 2. 479.— Buff. PI. Enl. 1 7 1 . 



Turnix cagnan. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 6 1 9. 



Black-necked Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 791. 39. 



Size of the common Quail : length between six 

 and seven inches : the upper part and sides of the 

 head and the neck white, black, and rufous mixed : 

 the upper parts of the neck and body are variegated 

 with grey, rufous, and black, in streaks and spots 

 of the latter colour : wing-coverts varied with 

 rufous and grey, with a few irregular spots of yel- 

 lowish white, most of which are accompanied by a 

 streak of black : scapulars nearly the same ; some 

 of the feathers striped with whitish : quills brown 5 

 the three or four outer ones bordered with white : 

 chin and fore-part of the neck black, ending in a 

 point on the breast, which is grey, with rufous 

 sides: the sides of the body, belly, thighs, and 

 vent, grey : tail varied with rufous and black, and 

 is transversely waved : the feet and the beak are 

 greyish yellow. 



This species inhabits Madagascar, but nothing 

 is known of its manners. 



