COTURNIX AUSTRALIS, Temm. 
Cot. sincipite, loro, guldque griseo-albis, stramineo lavatis ; partibus superioribus fascis striis transver- 
salibus delicatidis, griseis, nigris et castanets, plumis singulis dorsi strigd tenui centrali ; scapulis 
griseo-fuscis ; alis fuscis obscuris canis brunneis nigrisque ; remigibus priniariis fuscis griseo 
brunneo ndtatis ; partibus inferioribus stramineo-canis, plumis omnibus lineis frequentibus inter- 
ruptis, pluribus lified tenui centrali alba ; rostro brimneo ; pedibus carneis. 
Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rostri, i ; alee, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 
Forehead, space between the bill and the eye, and the throat greyish white with a tinge of buff ; 
all the upper surface irregularly marked with beautiful transverse bars of grey, black, and chestnut, 
each feather on the back having a fine stripe down the centre ; shoulders greyish brown, the remainder 
of the wing marked with obscure transverse lines of grey, brown, and black ; pi-imaries brown, mottled 
on their external edges with greyish brown ; all the under surface buff'y grey, each feather having 
numerous zigzag markings of black, and many of them having a very fine line of white down the 
centre ; bill brown ; feet flesh colour. 
Syn. Coturnix Ausfralis, Temm. Pig. et Gall., torn. iii. p. 474' Labill. Voy. a la recherche de La 
Peyr., vol. i. p. 177- 
Perdix Australis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. Ixii. 
New Holland Quail, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 283. — Gen.Hist., vol. viii. p. 306. No. 47 ■ 
Remark. This species may at all times be distinguished from the rest of the genus by the minute 
and uniform character of its markings, although this character is more strongly developed in some 
specimens than in others. In some the black markings predominate over the lighter : these in all 
probability are either females or young birds of the year. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
