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THE COMMOM QUAH*. 
to (?ontain & large proportion of animal huu, from the 
pugiiadoiiii (iiaposition of tlieir tomper«i. 
The comoicm quail lijis the crown of ifie liead and 
back of the nt'ck black, each feather maigiiiecl with 
ctiestDut ; atid down the centre of the head and neck- 
there is a cream -yellow streak. Over each eye^ and 
proceeding down the neck, ia a white streak : cIjid 
and throat che^^tnat-brown, mixed with Ukckislj- 
lirown. Back scapubns and wing-coFcrts black, the 
featliers margined and varie<l with brown, and each 
having its shaft and central parts sienna- yellow. The 
breast and belly are pale huff or orange, ihe shafts and 
murginH of tlie feathers yellowlsh-wliite. Tail black- 
ifih-brown» witli the Khafis, tips, and base cream- 
yellow. In the female there is no black or brown 
on the neck and throat. Her breast is spotted witti 
blackish -brown, anil the general tints of her plumage 
are paler- Pure white on spotted varieties some- 
time occur. 
We must now describe a singiilar American bird» 
of whose station we are by no means certain. — It la 
