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Order GALLIFORMES 



Family PHASIANIDAE 



Genus FRANCOLINUS Oken 



Francolinus pintadeanus pbayrei (Blyth) 



P[erdix]. Phayrei Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, pt. 2, 

 No. 143, [not earlier than December ?] 1843, p. 1011 (Arakan 

 Division, Lower Bm'ma). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern prov- 

 inces, and the central plains as far south as Bangkok. 



Genus RHIZOTHERA G. R. Gray 



Rhizothera longirostris longirostris (Temminck) 



Perdix Longirostris Temminck, Histoire generale des pigeons et 

 des gallinaces, tome 3, 1815, pp. 323, 721 (Sumatra). 

 Range: Evergi-een forests of the southwestern and peninsular prov- 

 inces from Rat Buri to the extreme South. 



Genus COTURNIX Bonnaterre 



Coturnix coturnix japonica Temminck and Schlegel 



Coturnix vulgaris japonica Temminck and Schlegel, in Siebold, 

 Fauna japonica, Aves, pts. 9-11, 1849, p. 103, pi. 61 (Japan), 

 Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration or 

 in winter from the northern plateau (Chiang Alai), 



Coturnix chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) 



[Tetrao] chinensis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, tom. 1, 1766, 

 p. 277 ("in China, Philippinis" ; type locality restricted to Nan- 

 king, Kiangsu Px-ovince, China, ex Edwards, apvd Peters). 

 Range: Reported from the northern plateau (Chiang Mai), the cen- 

 tral plains, and the peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Ej-a to 

 the extreme South. 



Genus ARBOROPHILA Hodgson 



Arborophila rufogularis tickelli (Hume) 



A[rboricola]. tickelli Hume, in Hume and Marshall, The game 

 birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, vol. 2, 1880, p. 78 (foot- 

 note), pi. [11] (fig. of head) (Mulayit Taung, Amherst District, 

 Tenasserim Division, Lower Burma). 

 Range: Evergreen forests (at elevations above 4,500 feet) on moun- 

 tains of the northwestern provinces from Chaiya Prakan south to Tak. 



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