18. COTDEJTIX. 



231) 



/^r. J'ad.st.etsk. 

 (I. S ad. sk. 



e. (S ad. 8k. 

 /. (S ad. sk. 



(/. S ad. sk. 

 h. cf ad. sk. 

 /. S ad. sk. 

 ^■-«. (^ 2 ad. sk. 



o. (J ad. sk. 



p. d ad. sk. 

 7. c? ad. sk. 

 /•. c? ad. sk. 



s. c? iniia. sk. 



f. d ad. sk. 



Xatal. 



Madeira. 



Croydon, May {Davy). 



Cauibridyvshire, Nov. 



Gibraltar. 



Ursern, S\yitzer]and. 

 Austria {A. li. Wallace). 

 lluugary, April, May, Aug-. 



Off Cerijrotto, S. of Greece 



{Lord J. Brnvne). 

 India (R. C. Bcaraii). 

 Kuuiaon {StraclK-i/). 

 E. Burdwan, Feb. {II. C. 



Ben ran). 

 Sliillonsr, A.isam, Oct. {J. 



Cockhum). 

 N.E. India. 



Purchased. 

 C. J.Cossart,E.sq.T.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 J. H. Gurney, Jr. 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Col. L. II. Irbv [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 8eabohm Coll. 

 Iluntrarian National 



Mus. [E.l. 

 Gould Coll." 



Seebohm Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Coturnix japonica. 



Cotiirnix vulgaris japonica, Teynm. S,- Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 10-3, pi 01 

 (184l') ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 467 [Corea]. 



Coturnix ja])oniea, Cass, in Perry's E.vp. Jap. ii. p. 227 (18.56) 

 [Hakodadi] ; Bla];!st. Ibis, 1862, p. 329 [Ilakodadi] ; Whifel,/, 

 Ihi.i, 1867, p. 204 [Ilakodadi]; Gray, Hayid-l. B. ii. p. 268 (1870) ; 

 Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1S7U, p. 602 ; id. I/Jis, 1875, pp. 126, 452 [Chef 00] • 

 Tacz. Bull. Sue. Zool. Fr. i. p. 224 (1876) l)auria] ; Prjerahky, 

 Rowleijs Orn. Mi.sc. ii. p. 424 (1877) [SJv Monsrolia. Ordos, 

 Kansu, Koko-norJ ; Blakiston ^- Prijer, litis, 1878, p. 226 [Japan] ; 

 Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 28 ; Grant, Ann. May. N. H. (6) x. 

 pp. 167, 170, 171 (1892) (with woodcut of head). 



Ortygion coturnix, Badde, liei.se Osf-Sib. ii. p. 306 (1863). 



Coturnix muta, Dyboirski, J. f. O. 1868, p. 337 (descr. nulla) • 

 Przeical. J. f. O. 1872, p. 138; Tacz. J.f.O. 1873, p. 99 

 [Daouria]. 



Coturnix communis, Sivinh. (nee Bonn.) P. Z. S. 1871, p. 401 [N. 

 China]; David S,- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 396 (1877) 'part.] ; Prje- 

 valsky, Rowley sOrn. Misc. ii. p. 424 (1877) [S.E. Mongolia] ; Tacz. 

 P. Z. S. 1887, p. 610 [Corea] ; Seebohm, B. Jap. p. 373 [part.] 

 (1890). * Lf J 



Coturnix ussur:en.«is, Bnyd. Cousp. Av. Imj). Ross. fasc. i.p. 45 (1884) 

 [Amoor& Lake Baikal]. 



J'luU male. Differs from the male of C. cotami.r chiefly in 

 having the lores, sides of the head, chin, and throat uuiform'duU 

 brick-red, without a trace of tlie black anchor-shaped liiark ; the 

 margins of the flank-feathers mostly rufous and much less spotted 

 with black. Total length 'yj inches', wing ;^9, tail 1-2, tarsus l-Oo. 



Adult ft male. Differs from the female of C. cot urniv in havino- 

 the feathers of the chin and throat elongate and lanceolate, 

 especially those on the sides of the latter, which arc usually mar- 

 gmed on tlie outer web with rufous ; the margins of the" chest, 

 Hank- and side-feathers mostly rufous, much less spotted with black.' 



Touiij inulis have the elongate tliroat-i'eathers like those of the 



