254 



PHASIANID^. 



Svnoicus (Excalfactoria) sinensis, Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 

 'p. 186 (1876). 



Adult male. Upper parts much darker than in the male of 

 E. chinensis, and more strongly blotched with black ; plumage 

 otherwise similar. 



Adult female. Upper parts with much more black than in the 

 female of E. chinensis. Underparts darker and much more strongly 

 barred with black. 



Hab. Philippines, Palawan, Sulu Islands, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, 

 Australia. 



a-c. cJ imm. et M&mWa {Maitland Seriot). 



juv. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Taguso, Palawan, June. 



e-ff. d 2 ad. et Labuan. 



imm. sk. 

 h. cT ad. sk. 

 i-ni. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 ?i-2}. (S 2 ad. sk. 



g, r. 2 ad. sk. 



s. cT ad. sk. 

 t. tS ad. sk. 

 u~x. S 2 ad. sk. 



y-a'. 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 v. 2 ad. sk. 

 c', d'. (S 2 ad. sk. 

 e'-h'. S 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 

 Busau, Sarawak. 

 Sumatra. 



Gilolo. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 



Somerset, Cape York 

 ( Cocherell S,- Thorpe). 

 Queensland. 



Moreton Bay. 



[N. S. Wales.] 

 S. Australia. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 I'ssher and Everett 



Colls. 

 Eajah Brooke [P.]. 

 Everett Coll. 

 A. K. Wallace, Esq. 



^ ^^■]- 



Tweeddale and "VN allace 



Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman and 



Tweeddale Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman and 



Tweeddale Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.] 



2. Excalfactoria lepida. 



Excalfactoria sinensis, Ramsay (nee Linn.), P. Limi. Soc. N. S. W. 



i. p. 371 (1876) [New Ireland]. 

 Excalfactoria lepida, Hartl. Sitz. Ver. Hamb. vii. p. (1879) fMioko, 



Duke of York Is.]; Sali:in ^- Scl. Ibis, 1880, p. 135; Reich. 6r 



Schal. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 101 ; Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Sc. Tor. xvi. 



p. 625 (1881); id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 9 (1882); id. 



Orn. Pap. iii. p. 256 (1882); id. Agg. pt. iii. p. 195 (1891); 



Finsch, Toe/, d. Siidsee, p. 20 (1884) [New Britain] ; Tristr. Cat. 



C'o«. ^'. p."34(1889). 

 Excalfactoria chinensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 



Group]. 

 ? Syncecus australis, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 



New Britain]. 

 Coturnix sinensis, Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 539. 



Adult male. The upper parts are darker than those of the true 

 E. chinensis, and similar to those of the subspecies E. lineata. There 

 is no trace of chestnut on the upper wing-coverts and all the under- 

 parts are slate-blue, except the lower part of the belly, thighs, vent, 



447 [Duke of York 

 302 [Blanche Bay, 



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