464- Mr. C. Ingram on the 



141. Tetrastes bonasia (Linn.). Hazel-hen. 



a,b,c. S S S' Khingan Mts., alt. 3500-3800 ft. April 

 21-29, 1908. 



d,e.S'S- n « alt. 3500 ft. and 3900 ft. 



May 6, 1908. 



/. ? . Ssu-tao, Chiang Forest. June 17, 1886. 



g. Juv. „ „ „ ,y ,, „ 



h. S . Hang Lung Pass. June 22, 1886. 



Iris dark brown; feet very dark plumbeous-brown; bill 

 black. 



The five males from the Khingans are exceptionally grey 

 above, while there is much white on the under parts ; on the 

 other hand, in Sir Evan James's specimens rufous and brown 

 are the prevailing colours. One of his birds, killed June 

 22nd, is only half-grown. 



142. TuRNix BLANFORDi Blyth. Blanford's Hemipode. 

 Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Petersb. 1902. 



a. S ' Piu-chien San, Kirin Province. July 27, 1908. 



b. S- June 18, 1886. 

 Iris white ; feet yellow. 



Both these Manchurian specimens are very pale and grey 

 above, without a vestige of rufous on the nape or back. They 

 are probably quite old birds, as all the males in the British 

 Museum are more or less mottled with red-brown on the 

 nape ; but, of course, the males are never so conspicuously 

 marked as the adult females. The rufous is apparent in 

 males killed as late as May and June, that is to say, in birds 

 that must have been at least ten or eleven months old when 

 shot. It seems to me probable that the rufous is not entirely 

 lost until the second or third season. 



Bianchi records this species from Port Arthur (Sept. 20, 

 1901). 



Forty miles south of Sansing, Sir Evan James speaks of 

 a "Grey Quail" being plentiful in places. He probably 

 refers to the present species. 



