18. COTUENIX. 



237 



q' , /•". cf nr. ad. Faridpur, Feb. & March (./. 



et $ imin. li. Cripps). 



s"-u". (S 2 ad. et N.E. India. 



imm. sk. 

 c",w". (^ 2 iid.sk. "Raipur. 

 .r". 2 ad. sk. Saugor ( W. T. Iloopei-). 



y",z".S ? ad.sk. Dcccan (tSijlces). 

 d^-c^. cJ ad. sk. Khandeisli. 



Basseiu, N. Koukan {Capt. 



James). 

 S. Konkan, Dec. (<?. Vklal). 

 Ootacamimd, Ma}' ( W. Uuvi- 



son). 

 Lawiencepur, March (i?. G. 



IV. It). 

 Madras. 

 Uilkooshah, Cachar, Sept. 



(J. I»f//is). 

 Krasnojarsk, Xov. 



d\ 2 ad. sk. 



e'. 2 ad.sk. 

 p. 2 ad. sk. 



i/'-«^. d 2 ad.sk. 



A:\ P. d 2 fid. sk. 

 «i'. 2 ad. sk. 



n\ d iir- ad. 



sk. 



o\ 2 ad. sk. 

 F'-w'- d 2 ad. 



sk. 

 v^. 2 ad. sk. 

 ic'\ .v^. d 2 ad. 



sk. 

 »/''-«'■ 2 ad. sk. 

 '/)\ 2 ad. sk. 

 c*-(/*. Ad. skele 



China (Tuckeff). 



Chetbo, May, June, Oct. (H. 



Sicinhoe). 

 Fokien, Sept. {R. Swinhoe). 

 Anioy, Jan. & Nov. {R. 



Swinhoe). 

 Ilakodadi, .Tapan, Aug. 

 Nagasaki, Nov. 

 ^N'iirtemburs:. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 India Mu^5eunl. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



T«-eeddale Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume (Joll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale and See- 



bohm Colls. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Seebokm Coll. 



F. Ringer, Esq. [P.] 

 Dr. A. Giinther [T.]. 



ton, skulls & sternum. 



A curious variet}- or seml-mclanistic form of C. coturniv occurs 

 in Spain in the marshj' neighbourhood of Valencia. In the niaie 

 the general colour of the upi)er parts is black, with narrow buff or 

 rufous cross-bars ; the pattern formed by the wide golden-buff shaft- 

 streaks on the feathers of the mantle and on either side of the body- 

 is normal ; the greater part of the sides of the head, chin, and 

 throat are black, interspersed here and there with a white feather ; 

 the chest- feathers are mottled with black, and the feathers of the 

 sides and flanks are black, dotted with rufous, and with a wide 

 white sha{t-strii)e down the middle of each. In {ho female all the 

 undcrparts are suffused with dirty brown. 



a,b. d 2 ad.sk. Valencia, Oct. (//. Saunders). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. a. Coturnix capensis. 



VenViK cotiim'w, V'ebb ^- Berfh. Orn. Can. p. 20 (1836-44); Bare. 

 Ann. Mof/. X. H. (2) xv. p. 437 (18oo) [Madeira]; LoUe, J.f. O. 

 185o, p. 17."?, 18o7, p. .■!34 [Canaries]. 



Coturnix dacfvlisonans, Strickt. &,- Sclat. (nee Temm.) inJard. Contr. 

 Orw. 18.")2, p. I.")7[l)amaraland1; Xrwfon, If>i\ l8t«, p. 102 [Ma- 

 deira] ; Z(/v'"v/, li. S. Afr. p. 27 t (I8ti7) ; At/res. Ibis, 1874, p. lO-'i, 

 1878, p. 410 [Transvmil] ; Sharpe in Gate's' Matahele L. p. 324 

 •i ) [Transvaal] ; Koenig, J.f.0. 1890, p. 449 [Madeira,Caiiaries]. 



