20. EXCALFACTOEIA. 249 



t. S ad. sL Eichmoiul Kiver. A. P. Goodwin, Esq. 



To '^? r^' '^■- ^>^ ''^- ^^''''«^- GoScoll. 



y. 2 ad. sk. ^e^v S. Wales. IIu,„e Coll. 



''.■ f «-^'--*'^'- S.Australia. Sir G Grev TP 1 



' 7ull^sk '• '* ^- '^"''"''^'" ^^°'^^' ^<^"l- 



/;. d ad. sk. Adelaide. Gould Coll. 



h' o ^' i"" ^ielbourne, Victoria. Tweeddale Coll. 



^■'l^lf■^ Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



' ^ l^ : • ?T"u"'"'4i- Hume Coll. 



/ . c? ad. sk. Ilobart To^^•n, Oct. Gould Coll. 



2. Synoecus raalteni. 



Perdix raaltenii, Midi, i, Schl. Land- en VoUcenh. p. 158 (1839-44) • 

 Gray, Gen B m. p. 500 (1846) ; B/yt/i, Ihis, Ls07, p. 160. 



Coturnix r,ialtemi, Jfall. F. Z. S. Ib63, p. 486 rTimol- Floresl 

 n^A (^po3c^'^)/"alteni, Graij, List GalHnce Brit. Mus.i. 02 

 (Ibb/) ; td. Uand-l. B. li. p. 269 (1870). 



^r?»7< ,„rt7,. In the oUest example the feathers of the upper 

 parts are rufous with grey centres, rerj- faintly mottled or dotted 

 Avith back and with mere indications of white shaft-stripes ; the 

 top of the head reddisli brown ; quills brown, washed and mottled 

 with pale rufous on the outer web ; sides of head, chin, throat, and 

 rest ot underparts dull rufous, most of the feathers with pale buff 

 at the extrcnuty of the shaft, those of the sides and flanks with 

 traces of dark bars; tail brown, indistinctly mottled with bufi; 



In a somavluit less mature bird the pale shaft-stripes on the 

 upper parts are much more distinct; and the feathers of the lower 

 breast, belly, sides, and flanks are distinctly barred with black. 



lota length r4 inches, wing 3-0-3-8, tail 1-5-1-7, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female Jhftevs from the male in having the whole of the 

 upper parts blotched and marked with black, while the shait-stripes 

 are much wider and more distinct ; the chin and throat are whitish 

 buff, and the rest of the underparts are washed with pale rufous 

 and much more strongly barred with black. 

 JIab. Islands of Timor and Tlorcs. 



«-o. d ? ad. sk. E. Timor. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



20. EXCALFACTORIA. 

 Ex-calfactoria. Bo»np. C. B. xlii. p. 881 (l,v5(i) F J,--"^- • 



tumpsortyx, IIe,ne, Ao,«e„c/. Mus. Hein. p. --JO ('I'sgO)". E. chinenli.'; 



Tarsi without spurs. 



liunijc. Indo-Chinese countries to Australia. 



