548 XUKNICID^. 



15. Turnix ocellata. 



Caille de I'Isle de Lufon, Sonnerat, N. Guinee, p. 54, pi. 23 (1776). 

 Oriolus ocellatus, Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insuhr. pt. ii. p. 88 (1786). 

 ^^Tetrao luzonieusis, Gm. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 767 (1788). 

 Perdix luzoniensis, Lath. hid. Oni. ii. p. 656 (1790). 

 Hemipodius thoracicus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 622, 755 (1815). 

 Tui'iiix rufus, Vieillot, 2nd ed. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxv. p. 48 



(1823). 

 Ortvgis ocellata, Meyer, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L.-C. Nat. Curios. x\'i. 



Suppl. Primum, p. 101, pi. 17 (1834) [Peru !]. 

 Turnix ocellatus, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 511 (1847). 

 Hemipodius ocellatus, y. Martens, J.f. O. 1866, p. 26. 

 Turnix ocellata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 271, no. 9750 (1870) ; 



? Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 107 ; id. Tr. Z. S. ix. pp. 224, 251 (1875) ; 



Tweedd. P. Z. >S. 1877, p. 700 ; Ramsay, Orn. Works Tweedd., 



App. p. 659 (1881) ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 452, 469. 



Adult female. General colour above ashy brown ; top of the head 

 black, each feather margined with rufous brown ; a white band down 

 the middle of the head and over each of the eyes ; sides of the head 

 and throat black, irregularly spotted with white, almost uniform 

 black in very old specimens ; a faii'ly weU-developed rufous nuchal 

 collar ; rest of the upper parts with irregular, narrow, wavy bars 

 and vermiculatious of black ; some of the feathers of the upper back 

 and scapulars with subterminal black blotches edged or mixed with 

 rufous. Primaries, secondaries, and primary-coverts blackish brown, 

 edged on the outer web with pale buff ; secondary-coverts brownish 

 buff; rest of the wing-coverts the same, but v/ith a subterminal 

 black spot on the outer web of most of the feathers, edged externally 

 with whitish buff'. ]N^eck, chest, and breast uniform rufous chestnut ; 

 rest of the uuderparts dirty buff, paler on the belly. Iris pale 

 yellow or white ; bill and legs light greenish yellow ; nails grey. 

 Total length 6'9 inches, wing 4*2, tail 1*8, tarsus 1-2. 



The nearly adult female differs from the above in having the 

 black subterminal blotches on the feathers of the upper back and 

 scapulars margined laterally with pale buff, the greater part of the 

 chin and throat white, and the whole of the markings on the upper 

 parts more distinct. 



Adult male. Differs from the nearly adult female in having the 

 chin and middle of the throat white (spotted with black in younger 

 examples) ; many of the feathers of the chest with a subterminal 

 black dot, which is absent in tlie most adult ; no rufous nuchal 

 collar ; and the oceUi on the wing-coverts larger and more numerous. 

 Iris yellowish white ; bill greenish ; legs greenish yellow ; nails 

 grey. Total length 6-4 inches, wing 3"8, tail 1'6, tarsus 1"1. 

 Hah. jLuzon, Philippine Islands. 



a, b. 5 ad. et ur. PhiUppine Islands. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



ad. sk. 

 c-/. cJ 5 ad. et m". Monte Alban, Luzon, Feb., Tweeddale Coll. 



ad. sk. March {A. H. Ererett). 



g. (S m: ad. sk. Manilla, Aug. (Maitland- Tweeddale Coll. 



Heriut). 



