Order GALLING.] 
[Fam. TETRAOETIXE. 
COTTJRNIX NOViE ZEALANDIJL 
(NEVf -ZEALAND QUAIL.) 
Coturnix novae zealandice, Quoy et Gaim. Yoy. de l’Astr. (Zool.) i. p. 242, pi. 24. fig. 1 (1830). 
Native names . — Koreke and Kokoreke. 
d ad. supra rufescenti-brunneus : dorsi plumis medialiter fulvo striatis, utrinque nigro marginatis, plumis 
quibusdam nigro irregulariter maculatis aut yerraiculatis : pileo saturatius brunneo, supercilio et linca 
verticali fulvescentibus : collo postico et laterali fulvescente : facie lateral! et gutture toto castaneis, genis 
et regione auriculari paullo nigricante variis : tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus, bis 
magis fulvescentioribus : remigibus nigricantibus, secundariis anguste fulvo vermiculatis : rectricibus nigris, 
fulvo transfasciatis, scapis etiam rufescenti-fulvis : subtus albicans, pectore superiore et abdomine imo 
fulyescentibus : pectoris plumis nigro marmoratis, fascia lata nigra transfasciatis, abdominis plumis fasciis 
sagittiformibus nigris notatis : bypocbondriis rufescenti-fulvis nigro transversim irregulariter fasciatis, et 
eonspicue medialiter albo striatis : crisso et subcaudalibus nigro notatis et fasciatis : subalaribus albidis, 
anguste brunneo marginatis, margine alari brunneo vario : rostro nigro, versus apicem dilutiore : pedibus 
pallide carneis : .iride pallide brunnea. 
$ ad. mari similis, sed paullo major, ubique dilutior : facie castanea et pectore nigro absentibus : facie laterali 
guttureque fulvescenti-albis, ilia brunneo maculata : corpore reliquo subtus rufescente, abdomine medio 
albicante, plumis omnibus nigro marginatis, pectoris plumis et bypocbondriis medialiter albo lineatis. 
3 j uv - similis feminse adultse, sed facie laterali et gutture pallide rufescentibus : corporis subtus plumis latius nigro 
marginatis. 
$ juv. similis feminse adultse, sed corporis subtus plumis magis distincte nigro marginatis. 
Adult male. Crown of tbe head and nape dark brown edged with paler, a series of feathers down the centre and 
on the sides marked in the middle with yellowish white ; shoulders, mantle, and all the upper surface rufous 
brown, beautifully varied with black, and marked with numerous lanceolate stripes of white. On closer 
examination it will be found that this effect is produced by each feather having a broad lanceolate mark of 
white down the shaft, bordered on each side with black, dark brown on the webs, fancifully rayed, or banded 
transversely, and largely tipped with rufous brown. Lores, line over the eyes, sides of head, and throat 
rufous, with a lunar mark from the ear-coverts on each side, and an anterior edging or border of black ■ 
lower part of the neck mottled or obscurely spotted with black and white, the former preponderating ; 
examined separately, however, each feather is black crossed by irregular bauds and largely tipped with white; 
sides and long plumage overlapping the thighs rufous brown, each feather margined and marked down the 
centre with white, and handsomely streaked and barred on the webs with brownish black ; abdomen fulvous 
white, the under tail-coverts barred with black ; primaries and outer secondaries dark brown, the latter 
rayed on their outer webs with zigzag lines of paler brown ; inner secondaries and all the wing-coverts, as 
well as the tail-feathers, greyish brown, varied with pale rufous, each feather with a narrow shaft-line of 
white. Irides light hazel ; bill black, paler at the tip ; tarsi and toes pale flesh-brown. Total length 8’5 
inches; extent of wings 14; wing, from flexure, 4'25; tail 1'5 ; bill, along the ridge '5, along the edge of 
lower mandible ‘6 ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw 1'25. 
Adult female. In the female there is no rufous colour on the face or throat ; the upper surface is light ferru- 
ginous brown mixed with fulvous, and handsomely varied with black ; the lanceolate stripes are yellowish 
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