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say whether this species is really distinct from T. 7Jiaculosa, 

 Total length, 5*2 inches ; wing, 2*9 ; tail, I'l ; tarsus, o'8. 



Eange. — Island of Semao, Timor. 



C. Neck and breast uniform bright rufous. 



XVI. THE CHESTNUT-BREASTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 



OCELLATA. 



Oriolus ocellatus^ Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insubr. pt. ii. p. 88 



(1786). 



Tetrao luzoniejisis^ Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 767 (1788). 

 Hemipodius thoracicus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 622, 755 



(1815)- 

 Turnix rufus^ Vieillot, 2nd ed. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxv. 



p. 48(1823). 

 Ortygis ocellata, Meyer, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L.-C. Nat. Curios. 



xvi. Suppl. i. p. 1 01, pi. 17 (1834). 

 Turnix ocellata, Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis. 1889, pp. 452, 469, pi. xiv. ; 



id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 548 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Differs from the female in having the chin and 

 middle of the throat white, generally with some black spots ; 

 no rufous nuchal collar; the black ocelli on the wing-coverts 

 larger and more numerous. Total length, 6 '4 inches; wing, 

 3'8 ; tail, 1*6; tarsus, I'l. 



Adult Female. — General colour above ashy-brown with irregular 

 wavy black bars and mottlings, and some blotches of the same 

 colour ; a fairly well-defined rufous nuchal collar ; wing-coverts 

 brownish-buff, mostly with a black spot edged with whitish-buff 

 near the tip of the outer web ; sides of the head and throat 

 black (irregularly mixed with white in less mature examples) ; 

 neck, chest, and breast uniform rufous-chestnut ; rest of under- 

 parts dirty buff, paler on the belly. Total length, 6*9 inches; 

 wing, 4*2; tail, i'8; tarsus, 1*2. 



Kange. — Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



