250 PHASIANID^. 



Key to the Species. 



I. A black triangular patch on the chin and middle 



of the throat. {Males.) 



A. \\'ing-coverts and scapulars sandy brown, washed 



with slate-grey ; the outer median coverts, with 

 or without the outer webs, bright chestnut. 



a. Middle of the chest and breast brightchestnut. chinends, p. 250. 



b. Chest and breast uniform slate-blue lepida, p. 254. 



B. Wing-coverts and scapulars chestnut, with a 



slate-grey stripe down the shaft of each adansoni, p. 255. 



II. No black on the middle of the chin and throat ; 



underparts buff, barred with black. {Females.) 



1. Excalfactoria chinensis. 



The Chinese Quail, Edw. Glean. Nat. Hist. v. p. 77, pi. 247 (1753) 

 Lath. Gen. Syn, ii. pt. ii. p. 783 (1783) ; id. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 318 

 (1823). 



Tetrao chinensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 277 (17G6) ; Gin. S. N. i. pt. ii. 

 p. 765 (1788). 



Perdix chinensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 652 (1790) ; Vieill. K. Diet. 

 d'Hist. Nat. XXV. p. 260 (1817). 



Coturnix sinensis, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 223, id. 96. fig. 3 

 (1791). 



Coturnix excalfactoria, Temm. Piy. et Gall. iii. pp. 516, 742 (1815) ; 

 Stejjh. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 371 (1819). 



Coturnix llavipes, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Bmy. xi. p. 808 (1842) ; Gray, 

 Grn.i?. iii. p. 507"(1846). 



Coturnix chinensis, Grai/, List of B. pt. iii. p. 39 (1844) ; id. 

 Cat. Hodgs. ed. i. p. 128 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 507 (1846) ; 

 Laijard, Ann. Mag. N. H. (2) xiv. p. 107 (1854) [Ceylon]; 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 50 [Canton Dist.] ; Leyge, B. Ceylon, iii. 

 p. 755 (1880) ; Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 187 [Tissa, Ceylon]. 



Coturnix philippensis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; 

 id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus. nos. 119, 120. 



Excalfactoria chinensis, Bonap. C. B. xlii. p. 881 (1856) ; Maillard, 

 Notes Rhmion, p. 163 (1862); Jerd. B. hid. iii. p. 591 (1863); 

 Simihoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 398 ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308 [Formosa] ; 

 Goidd, B. Asia, vii. pi. 6 (1867); Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 386 

 [Maldah, Lower Bengal]; Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 360 [Hainan] ? ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 401 [S. China] ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 470 [Ceylon] ; Himie, Nests ^- E. Ind. B. p. 553 (1873) ; Ball, 

 Sir. F. ii. p. 428 (1874) [Chota Nagpur] ; Leqge, Ibis, 1874, p. 26 

 [S. Cevlon] ; Hume, 8tr. F. iii. p. 323 (1875) [Pakchan] ; Oates, 

 Str. P. iii. p. 345 (1875) [Pegu plains] : Blyth ^ Walden, Cat. 

 Mamm. 4" B. Burma, p. 151 (1875) [Arrakan, Tenasserim, Malay 

 Pen.] ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 397 ( 1877) ; Ball, Str. F. 

 vii. p. 226 (1878) [Raipur]; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 69 (1879) 

 [Nealys, Malacca]; Oates, Str. F. viii. p. 167 (1879) [Pegu]; 

 Hume ^ Marsh. Game B. Lid. ii. p. 162, pi. (1879) ; Bidie, 

 Str. Fix. p. 209 (1880) [Chingleput Dist., Madras] ; Hume S,-Inglis, 

 Str. F. ix. p. 258 (1880) [Dilkhushah, Cachar] ; Butler, Str. F. ix. 

 p. 423 (1880) [Bombay] ; Betd, Str. F. x. p. 63 (1881) [LucknowJ ; 

 Wenden, Str. F. x. p. 165 (1881) [Bombay, Pooua] ; Oates, Str. 



