190 On a Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 



Turnix varia Lath. 



Turnix varia Math. p. 7, 



a, b. S ? • ftig Grove, 12th April & 2nd May. 



c. [?]• Dwaladine, 17th Feb. 



d. J . Parker's Range, 13th Aug. 



Iris deep pink, outer ring slightly paler; bill olivaceous — 

 of* a slate-colour above, pale bluish below ; legs dull yellow, 

 claws whitish- buff. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 7"5-80 inches. 



[The Variegated Bustard-Quail was fairly plentiful : it 

 frequented stony ridges in forest-country and was observed 

 going about in pairs. — G. C. S.] 



CoTURNIX PECTORALIS Gould. 



Coturnix pectoralis Math. p. 6. 



a. V . Beechland, 9th Feb. 



Iris reddish-brown : legs light pinkish-grey. 



[The Pectoral Quail is plentiful in favourable localities 

 at certain times of the year. It was abundaut in the stubble- 

 fields round Busselton in February 1907, and was said to be 

 a regular visitor there, and occasionally numerous around 

 York.— G. C.S] 



LlPOA OCELLATA Gould. 



Lipoa ocellata Math. p. 6. 



a, b. S ? • Woyaline, 24th & 29th April. 



rf . Iris light yellowish-brown; bill slaty black; bare 

 skin on the face dusky, below the eye bluish-white ; legs 

 dusky brown. 



? . J ris light yellowish- brown ; bill of a dark horn-colour ; 

 bare skin on the face dusky ; legs of a dusky slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, male 25 inches ; 

 female 27 inches. 



[The Ocellated Megapode, known as the " Gnou " by the 

 natives and '' Mallee-hen " by the colonists, is fast dis- 

 appearing, although its old nesting-mounds are to be found 

 almost everywhere. It seems now to be entirely extinct 

 in the west (on the Gascoyne River) and, although existing 



