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extent; the bill is black; line over the eye, down the neck, and 
whole chin, pure white, bounded by a band of black, which 
descends and spreads broadly over the throat; the eye is dark 
hazel; crown, neck, and upper part of the breast, red brown; 
sides of the neck spotted with white and black, on a reddish 
brown ground; back, scapulars and lesser coverts, red brown, 
intermixed with ash, and sprinkled with black; tertials edged 
with yellowish white; wings plain dusky; lower part of the 
breast and belly pale yellowish white; beautifully marked with 
numerous curving spots or arrow heads of black; tail ash, 
sprinkled with reddish brown; tegs very pale ash. 
The female differs in having the chin and sides of the head 
yellowish brown, in which di’ess it has been described as a dif- 
ferent kind. There is, however, only one species of Quail at 
present known within the United States. 
