on Dr. Jerdon's ' Birds of India.* 161 



830. CoTURNix coROMANDELiANA is noticed from China in 

 the Report accompanying the narrative of Commodore Perry's 

 expedition ; but it is not included in Mr. Swinhoe's list. 



831. ExcALFACTORiA CHiNENSis (Linn.) [vide P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 221). 



E. minima, Gould (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 128), from Celebes does 

 not appear to me to be particularly well distinguished. 



832 and 833. Turnix tatgoor and T. ocellata. 



Onolus[\) ocellatus of Scopoli [Tetrao luzoniensis, Gm.),of the 

 Philippines, China, and Formosa, is quite distinct ; and Dr. Jer- 

 don's No. 833isT'.j9w</nfla7(Temm.) ofthe Indo-Chinese and Ma- 

 layan countries, insufficiently distinguishable (as I think) from 

 T. taigoor of India, unless by the fact that some Malayan females 

 {Hemipodius atrogularis,l^y ton) have a greater development of the 

 black in front of the neck. A female from Ceylon, in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Wallace, has the abdominal region of a much deeper 

 rufous colouring than I have seen in any other; and Mr. Layard 

 discriminates this as a different variety from that inhabiting the 

 low northern half of the island, which latter does not differ from 

 the Indian race. I would bring all together under T. pugnax 

 (Temm.), subject to a certain amount of local variation. 



834 and 835. Turnix dussumieri (apud Jerdon) and T. 



SYKESI. 



Referring to the original figure of T. dussumieri (PI. Col. 

 454. f. 2) from Bengal, I find it to represent No. 835, the di- 

 mensions assigned being, length 5 inches, and the wing measur- 

 ing (in the figure) 2' 75 in. Dr. Jerdon gives the same length 

 of wing to both species ; but that must be a mistake. The wing 

 of the allied T. maculosa measxives. 4 inches; and that of No. 

 834 is about intermediate. The latter should now rank as 

 T. TANKi (B. Ham.) as described by me in J. A. S. B. xii. p. 181 

 (bis) {= T. joudera, Hodgson, by which name it is figured 

 by Gray and Mitchell, 111. Gen. Birds, pi. 131,. No. 835 is 

 T. dussumieri {vera) {=T. sykesi, A. Smith). I had identi- 

 fied (Ibis, 1865, p. 33) the Ortygis luzoniensis of Horsfield's 

 Javan list with No. 834; but Mr. Wallace has described a 

 nearly allied race from Timor as T. rufescens (P. Z. S. 1863, 



