398 Mr. K. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 



flesh-brown. Legs a similar colour, much paler on the soles 

 and undertarsi. Feathers of the back, breast, and wing-coverts 

 broadly edged with yellowish brown." 



c?,shot23rd July, 1861. "Length 9i in.; wing 51; tail S^^. 

 Bill purplish black ; skin round the eye yellowish grey. Iris 

 dark brown. Legs and claws deep purplish brown, with whitish 

 undertarsi and edges to scales, and yellowish soles. Crop dis- 

 tended with black sesamum-seeds. Length of intestine 15^^ in.; 

 caeca very small, situate about I^q from anus." 



The eggs of this species are, as usual, two in number and 

 white; they measure "97 in. by '26. 



112. CoTURNix COMMUNIS, Boun. 



Occurs all the year round, but more abundantly during winter. 



113. TuRNix ocELLATUs (Scop.). Chinese name, 5o-Z»ay (tail- 

 less) Kaw-toon. 



This is not an uncommon bird on the plains near Taiwanfoo, 

 but, from its small size and skulking habits, is hard to flush 

 without a good dog. A pair of little chickens were brought 

 me on the 19th August 1861. Their cry was not unlike that 

 of a domestic chicken. Bill blackish, purplish towards the base, 

 yellowish inside the mouth and at the angle. Iris blackish brown. 

 Legs and claws pale ochreous yellow. Bare skin round the eye 

 and ear leaden grey. General colour of the down light ochreous, 

 striped on the upper parts longitudinally with black and rich 

 chestnut-brown, presenting a mottled appearance. I also pro- 

 cured a nest with four eggs in it — the usual number, I am 

 told, laid by this species. The nest was a loose structure of fine 

 grass, with seed-tops quite green, lined with drier materials, the 

 whole being placed in a depression in the ground. The eggs 

 varied greatly in size, and were of a light rich sepia-tint, mottled 

 and blotched with deeper shades of the same, in two conspicu- 

 ously at the larger end, in one at the smaller, and in the smallest 

 egg not blotched at all. Two of the eggs measure about "9 in. 

 long and 7o broad. Of the other two, which are nearly of a 

 size, the smaller measures '67 by "6 in. 



114. ExcALFACTORiACHiNENsis (L.). Chinese name, iCoo-Zett;. 

 This widely distributed, prettily marked Quail occurred also 



in the plains. Eight small eggs, of a clear uniform light olive- 



