COTDRNIX. 45. 



n ^"°'^\ , • 1 - , X ^^°'"^ ^'''■''I'f^i'' Esq. [CI. 



5. /ana,Alg-ena, l.)tli June(0. 6'«/ym). Salvin-Oodman Coll 

 4. Chemora, Aloeria, 1st June (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll 



11. Jask, Gulf of Omau, 2.3rd March. S. Butcher, Esq fP 1 



6. Lahore,India, 19th April (C. jff. r. Hume Coll 



Marshall). 



4. Allahabad, 26th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll". 



•2. N.W. Provinces. Hume Coll. 



Coturnix africana (T. 4- S.). 



Coturni.x communis, Cojcan, Proc. It. P/u/s. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 149' 



(1882). 

 Coturnix coturnix, Sharjie, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 603. Bart 



(1875-84). ^ > f • 



Coturnix capensis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 237 (1893). 

 Coturnix africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Cape Quail are quite similar to those of 

 C. coturnix, both in size and colour. 



1. S. Africa. Gould Coll. 



3. S. Africa. E. L. Lavard, Esq. [P.]. 



8. 13etsileo, Madagascar. Eev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Coturnix japonica, T. ^- S. 



Coturnix dactylisonans, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 260, 341. 



Coturnix japonica, Blak. S^- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 226 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 



B M. XXII. p. 239 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Lid. i. p. 87 (1898) • 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Quail do not appear to differ in any 

 respect from those of C. coturnix. 



5. Japan (//. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Taken Bay, N. China, July Seebohm Coll. 



(R. Swinhoe). 



Coturnix coromandelica {Gm.). 



Coturnix coromandelica, Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind ii p I.5I 



(1879) : 111. App. pi. iv. (1880) : Gates ed. Hume, Nests A- Ena's Ind. 



B. HI. p. 444 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii p ^41 (1893) • 



Gates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 90 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 



The eggs of the Black-breasted or llain Quail vary excessively, 

 the ground-colour ranging from yellowish white to reddish buif.' 

 The markings are black, purplish, olive, reddish brown or rich brown, 

 and consist of specks, spots and blotches. Some examples are thicldy 

 covered with fine specks only, others are speckled and also blotched": 

 and others again are blotched and marbled. They measm-e from 1 

 to 1-25 in length, and from -8 to -9 in breadth. 



■}: JP'lia. Purchased of ^^'arwick. 



b. Karachi, 8th Aug. Hume Coll. 



