CHINESE QUAIL. 
*' The bin is black. The fore part of the 
head, the breast, sides, and insides of the 
wings, are of a blueish ash -colour. The 
belly, thighs, and covert-feathers beneath the 
tail, are of a dark reddish orange- colour. 
The tail feathers, which are hid by it's co- 
verts, are of the same orange-colour. It has 
a hne of dusky white along the middle of the 
belly. The sides of the breast are spotted 
with black. The throat, under the bill, has 
a black spot surro^unded with white ; and, 
without that, a black line from each corner 
of the mouth ; which lines join in a black list 
on the fore part of the neck, better to be con- 
ceived by the figure than by any description. 
The hinder part of the head and neck, the 
back, wings, and covert-feathers of the tail,, 
are brown. The middle part of the feathers 
on the back and rump is of a light brown or 
orange colour, with black lines on each side, 
and some powdering of black in the interme- 
diate spaces. The wing feathers are also irre- 
gularly barred with transverse dusky hnes. 
The legs and feet are, like those of the Com- 
mon Quail, of a bright yellow orange colour* 
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