GAME BIRDS OF THE PROTECTORATES 61 
Length 7f inches, wing 4*2 inches, tail 1-5 inches, tarsus 1 
inch. 
Female. — Differs from the male in having no black band 
down the middle of the throat, only the arms of the anchor- 
shaped mark being somewhat imperfectly represented, and the 
chest more or less thickly spotted with black. 
COTURNIX AFRICANA 
Coturnix africana, T. and S. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 31. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel 
Afrikas,’ Vol. I, page 506. 
Coturnix capensis , Licht. 
‘ Shelley’s Birds of Africa,’ Vol. I, page 178. ‘ Ogil vie- Grant’s 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.’ Vol. XXII, page 237. 
The Cape Quail is both scarce and local. In May 1898 there 
were a few in the close vicinity of the old Nandi station where 
four males were obtained. At Loudiani, in May 1901, another 
male was obtained. 
Male. — Differs from the male of C. coturnix in having the 
lores, sides of the head, chin, and throat bright rufous chestnut, 
the chest washed with the same. 
Length 6*3 inches (dried skin), wing 8-9 — 4 inches, tail 
1*4 inches, tarsus 1*1 inches. 
Female. — -The plumage does not differ from that of G. 
coturnix. 
COTURNIX DELEGORGUEI 
Coturnix delegorguei. Deleg. 
‘ Ogilvie-Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.’ Vol. XXII, page 243. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 31. ‘ Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 178. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 507. 
Delegorgue’s Quail is by far the most plentiful and most 
widely distributed of all the quails found in East Africa and 
Uganda. It is a partial migrant, and breeds in several parts 
of East Africa, viz. in Kikuyu in the vicinity of old Fort 
Smith, between November and March ; in the grassy plains 
near Simba and Sultan Hamud in January and February ; on 
the Turkwel River in January and February, and in Jubaland 
in November. During migration in July it used to be a 
regular visitor to the plains near Nairobi, and large bags were 
