COTURNIX PECTORALIS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Cot. low, auriculis guldqiie fulvis ; summo capite imchdque saturate brunneis, lineis duahus stramineis 
super ociilum ; lilted stramined d rostra ad nucham excurrente ; michd brunned, plumis singulis 
lanceolatd centrali stramined, et ad latera nigra gitttatis ; dorsa tectricibusque superiaribus caudce 
fuscis, lineis angularibus nigris Iransversim natatis, strigdqne lanceolatd centrali stramined ; alis 
fuscis lineis angularibus griseis et nigris transversim fasciatis ; remigibus primariis cum macula 
pectorali nigris ; lateribus pectoris brunneis ; abdomine alba, plumis singttlis titled centrali nigra; 
lateribus corporis saturate brunneis, plumis singulis strigis tribus, quarum exteriores nigrce sunt, 
intermedid alba ; rostro nigrescenti ; pedibus fusco-carneis. 
Long. tot. 6f unc. ; rostri, i ; alcB, 3^ ; tarsi, |. 
Space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, and throat buff ; crown of the head and back of 
the neck deep brown ; over each eye two parallel lines of yellowish white ; a similar line down the 
centre of the head from the forehead to the nape ; back of the neck brown, each feather marked down 
its centre with a lanceolate mark of yellowish white, blotched on each side with black ; mantle, back, 
and upper tail-coverts brown, transversely rayed with zigzag markings of black, and striped dow n the 
centre with lanceolate markings of yellowish white ; wings brown, transversely rayed with zigzag lines 
of grey and black ; primaries and centre of the chest black ; sides of the chest brown ; abdomen white, 
each feather marked down its centre with black ; flanks rich brown, the centre of each feather white 
bounded on either side by a fine line of black ; bill blackish brown ; feet fleshy brown. 
Coturnix pectoralis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
COTURNIX NOV^-ZELANDIyE, Quay et Gaim. 
Fig. 2. 
Mas. Cot. capite corporeque superiore brunneis, singulis plumis nigro macidatis strigdque albd longi- 
tudinali in medio excurrente ; notd ad basin rostri, plumis auricularibus, et gutture, riifescenti- 
fuscis ; pectore abdomineque nigra et rufescenti-brunneo maculatis ; lateribus nigro bruniieoque 
ornatis singulis plumis lined albd centrali notatis ; crisso pullide. brunneo, nigro notato ; re- 
migibus fuscis ; rostro nigrescenti-brunneo ; pedibus pallide brunneis. 
F(EM. d mare differt, loro guldque subalbidis ; pectore abdomineque obscure cdbis, plumis singulis 
abdominis fascid nigrd cinctis. 
Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4^ ; tarsi, 1 . 
Male. Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather strongly blotched with 
black, and having a fine white stripe down the centre ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, 
and throat rufous brown ; chest and abdomen mottled with black and light reddish brown ; feathers of 
the flanks irregularly marked with black and brown, and striped down the centre with white; under 
tail-coverts light brown, spotted with black ; primaries dark brown ; bill blackish brown; feet light 
brown. 
Female. Differs from the male in having the throat, and the space between the bill and the eye 
ipale buffy white, and the feathers of the chest and belly dirty Avhite, each feather of the latter being 
jSurrounded near the edge by a band of black. 
In the Museums of the Zoological Society and King's College, London. 
Coturnix NovcE-Zelandia, Quoy et Gaim., D'Urville, Voy. de I'Astrolabe, 1833. 
I Habitat. New Zealand. 
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