12 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Genera. 
a. Much smaller; length less ent mm.; head without crest or comb; spurs 
CNNSI fackcee cade anes Manca ae Ete te a neo ce ere eectecctn oe Seer cae Excalfactoria (p. 12) 
a*, Much larger; length more than 350 mm.; head crested or with a comb; spurs 
present in the male. 
bt. No crest but with a fleshy comb; tail-coverts without ocelli; male with one 
BITE OE GYVULT Be ceeen cep cece eo eae eae ence ec ee Gallus (p. 13) 
b?. No comb but with an elongated crest; longer tail-coverts ocellated; male 
with two or three pairs of SpUurS.......-......--..-.-..-c.---csn0e- Polyplectron (p. 16) 
Genus EXCALFACTORIA Bonaparte, 1856. 
This genus resembles Turnix but is distinguished from it by having 
a hind toe; the male is much handsomer than the female; the tail has 
but eight short rectrices which are hidden by the long upper coverts. 
2. EXCALFACTORIA LINEATA (Scopoli). 
ISLAND PAINTED QUAIL. 
Oriolus lineatus Scopout, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 87. 
Excalfactoria lineata GRANT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 22, 253; SHARPE, 
Hand-List (1899), 1, 32; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 48, pl. 4, 
fig. 2; McGrecor and WorcesTER, Hand-List (1906), 7. 
Pu-gong bu-quet, ti-co ti-co, Manila; pu-gong pa-rang, Calapan, Mindoro. 
Basilan (McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Calamianes 
(Bourns & Worcester) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon 
(Heriot, Whitehead, McGregor); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao 
(Koch & Schadenberg, Clemens) ; Mindoro (McGregor, Porter) ; Negros (Layard, 
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, 
White); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Whitehead); Sibuyan (Mc- 
Gregor) ; Siquijor (Celestino); Sulu (Guwillemard) ; Ticao (McGregor). Suma- 
tra, Java, Borneo, Australia. 
Adult male.—Upper parts dark brown; most of the feathers with light 
shaft-lines, large subterminal black blotches, and some black bars; the 
black markings heaviest on lower back; forehead, circumorbital area, 
sides of neck, breast, and flanks slate-blue; chin, upper throat, and lower 
half of face black; throat patch bordered posteriorly by a wide, crescentic, 
white patch which is bordered posteriorly by a narrow black band; a 
white included patch on side of face from lower mandible to below ear, 
the anterior end of which is pointed; a narrow white line from below 
nostril to eye; a patch of rich chesnut covering middle of abdomen and 
lower breast; wings sandy brown; coverts and secondaries vermiculated 
with darker brown; tail chestnut; upper tail-coverts chestnut mixed with 
slate-blue. Iris deep red; bill dark blue, black along upper part; legs 
dark yellow; nails brown. Length about 135. Five males measure: 
