THE PAINTED QUAILS. I97 



Adult Male. — Differs from the male of E. chinensis in having 

 the general colour of the upper-parts much darker and more 

 strongly blotched with black. 



Adult Female. — Distinguished from \hQ female of E. chinensis 

 by having much more black on the upper-parts, while the under- 

 parts are darker and much more strongly barred with black. 



Range. — Philippines, Palawan, Sulu Islands, Borneo, Java, 

 Sumatra, and Australia. 



II. THE NEW BRITAIN PAINTED QUAIL. EXCALFACTORIA 

 LEPIDA. 



Excalfadoria lepida^ Hartlaub, Ber. Ver. Hanib. vii. November 

 (1879); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 254 

 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Upper-parts darker than in typical E. chin- 

 e?isis, and similar to those of E. lineaia, but easily distin- 

 guished from both these forms by having no trace of chest- 

 nut on the wing-coverts, while the under-parts are entirely 

 slaty-blue, except the lower part of the belly and under tail- 

 coverts, which are chestnut. Total length, 4*8 inches; wing, 

 27 ; tail, 0*9; tarsus, 07. 



Adult remale. — We have never had the opportunity of ex- 

 amining the female of this species, but it is probably very 

 similar to that of E. lineata. 



Range. — New Britain, New Ireland, and the Duke of Yo.k 

 Group to the East of New Guinea. 



III. ADANSON's PAINTED QUAIL. EXCALFACTORIA ADANSOM. 



Coturnix adansonii^ Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 185 1, p. 515 ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Afr. p. 606 (1884). 

 Excalfadoria ada?tso?iii, Bonap. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. xxii. p. 255 (1893). 

 Coturnix emini, Reichenow, J. f. O. 1892, p. 18, pi. i, fig. 3 



[male]. 

 Adult Male. — Differs from the male of E. chinensis chiefly in 



