184 Dr. Horsfield's Systematic Arrangement 



The Javanese specimens differ in several particulars from the 

 description of the Amboina Turtle. The upper part of the neck 

 is covered with a purple gloss, and the black transverse bands are 

 scarcely discernible. 



Spec. 10. Columba cenea Linn. 



A variety of this Pigeon, called Geduwo by the natives, is found 

 in several parts of Java. 



Fam. XVII. Tethaoxid.e Leach. 

 Gen. 50. Perdix Lath. 



Spec. 1. Perdix Chinensis Linn. 



c? Perdix chinensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. 652. 



$ Perdix manillensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. 655. 

 Caille des Philippines, PL Enl. 126. c? . 

 Sonnerat Voy. N. Guin. t. 24. ? . 

 Piker Javanis. 



Spec. 2. Perdix Javanica Lath. 

 Dagu Javanis. 

 Browns III. p. 40. t. 17- 



Spec. 3. Perdix orient a I is mihi. 

 P. cinereo-fuscescens, lunulis nigris castaneo marginatis, pileo 

 regione orbitali torque collari atris, reliquis capitis collique 



partibus albis. 



Longitudo 12 poll. 



Rostrum nigrum, pedes carnei, abdomen cinereum nigro lunula- 

 tum. 



Gen. 51. Ortygis Illiger. 

 Hemipodius Temminck. 



Spec. 



