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17. Coturnix australis rogersi subsp. n. 



Dark-brown Qnail. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 13 ([)ars). 



Differs from 0. a. cerrinn in being niiicli chu-ker above. 



Type : North- West Australia (Parry's Oeek). No. 26. 



Range : North- West Australia. 



18. Coturnix australis mungi subsp. n. 



Pallid Brown Qnail. 



A pallid race of C. a. cnrriiia, the general coloration being greyish, and 

 especially characterised by the grey head. 



Type: North- West Australia (Mnn,i;-i). No. !ll24. 

 Range : Interior of North-West Australia. 



Noti'. — The genus Si/iioin/s cannot be recognised, the supposed differential 

 characters being scarcely more than good speciKc distinctions. I have admitted 

 Excal/actoria ; but tlie differences between that genus and Cofurni.r are mainly 

 that the former has only eight weakly developed rectrices, while the latter has 

 ten to twelve defined ones. 



Genus EXCALFACTOBIA. 



E.rniIf(icloria Bonaparte, C'oinplex Rfmhix Sri. (/'»)■/.<) vol. xlii. p. 881. 1856. 



Type (by tautonymy) : E. chitiensis (Linne). 



10. Excalfactoria chinensis australis. 



Excalfarti/ria ituslmlis Gould, Ilumlh. Ilin/.i Anxlr. ii. p. 1'.I7. 18IJ5 : Queensland. 



Chestnut-bellied Qnail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 14 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland, New South Wales. 



lv»A. Excalfactoria chinensis victoriae subsp. n. 



Southern Chestnut-bellied Quail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 14 (pars). 



Differs from E. c. australis in being lighter on tlie Ijack, and having the white 

 band on the throat narrower. 

 Tyjie : Victoria No. 3700. 

 Range : Victoria, South Australia (?) 



Note. — As in my Handlist, so in the Birds of Australia, 1 used Scojwli's 

 subspecific lim-afa for the Australian form, tliougii that name was propose<l for 

 a Pliilijjpiue bird : this was due to the acceptance of the Catal. Birds British 

 Museum determination (vol. xxii. p. 253. Is93). Longer series of both the Philip- 

 pine and Australian forms than were available at the time the Catal. Birds 

 British Museum was written ])rove the latter to be most distinct, and, moreover, 

 separable into two subspecies lor one of which Gould's name must be accepted. 



