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PHASIANID^. 



•5. Sholapur, 4tb Aug. {Davidson Sf Ilume Ooll. 



ll. Sholapur, 7th Aug. {B. Sf W.). Hume Coll. 



2. Sliolapur, 9th Aug. {D. S> W.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 12th Aug. (D. 8,- W.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 14th Aug. (D. S,- W.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 15th Aug. (D. '^- W.). Hume Coll. 



5. Sholapur, 18th Aug. (D. 8,- IF.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 25th Sept. (Z». 4'- W.). Hume Coll. 



66. Belgaum (E. A. Butler). Hume CoU. 



Coturnix pectoralis, Gould. 



Coturuix pectoralis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 190 (1865) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests S)- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 51 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 28U, pi. xvi. fig. 10 (1889) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii, p. 244 (1893) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian (iuail contained in the Collection can 

 be matched by eggs of C. coturnix with regard to coloration, but they 

 are of rather larger size. They are of two types : in one they are 

 largely blotched, in the other they are thickly speckled and spotted. 



Coturnix novae zealandiae (Q. &{ G.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 6.) 



Coturnix novae-zealaudise, Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. ii. p. 66 (1869) ; iii. 

 p. 92 (1870) ; V. p. 185 (1872) ; Butler, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. 

 p. 225 (1888); Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 245 (1893); 

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



The eggs of the extinct New Zealand Quail are of a creamy-buff 

 colour, marked with extremely dark chocolate-brown or blackish 

 brown. Two examples in the Collection are marked with bold 

 blotches combined with many specks and spots ; two others are 

 marked with confluent blotches and spots, covering nearly the entire 

 stirface of the shell. The four specimens measure respectively : 

 1-3 by 1; 1-35 by 1; 1-4 by 1 ; 1-3 by 1. 



2. Plains of Port Cooper, New Zealand, Capt. Stokes, R.N. [P.]. 



24th April {F. Strange). 

 2. New Zealand. Gould Coll. 



Genus SYN(ECUS, Gould. 



Syncecus australis {Temm.). 



Perdix australis, Thien. Fortpfianz. qes. Viig. p. 35, tab. viii. fig. 3 a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Synoicus australis, Macgillicrag, Toy. ' Rattlesnake^ ii. p. 358 (1852) ; 



