THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Young in down . — Crown rufous -buff, with two parallel, well-defined 
blackish bands extending from behind the forehead to the occiput; upper - 
parts buff, with three parallel black bands, one from the nape to the tail, 
and one on each side of the body; wings buff, mottled with rufous, and 
blackish. Sides of the head and underparts pale yellowish -white, with 
one or two rather indistinct blackish spots behind the eye and behind the 
ear. (In the nestling of the common partridge the cheeks and sides of the 
face are conspicuously spotted with black.) Bill, dull orange-red. 
QUAIL (Coturnix coturnix). 
Fig. la. Fig. 2a. 
Figs. 1 and la. Head of Female Japanese Quail (C. japonica), showing lanceolate feathers on throat. 
Figs. 2 and 2a. Head of Female Migratory Quail (C. coturnix), showing short rounded feathers on throat. 
In the first plumage the feathers of the upperparts are much like those 
of the adult female, but the markings on the wing-coverts take more the 
form of black spots; the feathers on the sides of the breast and belly are 
white, with conspicuous white shaft -stripes and rounded black markings, 
giving these parts a spotted appearance. 
The male described above is a typical example of the quail, commonly 
known as the migratory quail of Europe, which has the throat pure white, 
with a black anchor-shaped mark down the middle. As considerable 
variation is to be found in the coloration of the chin and throat and their 
black markings, it may be as well to give here the substance of the remarks 
which I have already published on this subject. The migratory quail 
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