412 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



and tip darker ; mandible pale grey ; feet pale grey blotched 

 yellowish and bluish." 



Male. T. L. 150, 155 ; W. 80, 83 ; Ts. 21, 23 mm. 



Female. T. L. 150, 177; W. 78, 86 ; Ts. 23, 25 mm. 



We have followed Mr, Stuart Baker {loc. cit.) in his 

 arrangement of the subspecies of T. pugnaw, but have 

 not adopted his name of T. p. atrugular'ts for this race. 

 Hemipodius atrigularis Eyton was founded on a Malayan 

 specimen, as a reference to tlie original description (P. Z. S. 

 1839, p. 107) will show. 



Quail were met with in the open grass-land of the Lang- 

 hian Plateau at 5000 ft., when travelling between Dalat and 

 tjie Peaks, but none were obtained. 



11. Sphenocercus sphenurus (Vig.). 



Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 8; Oustalet, Bull. 

 Mus. Paris, 1896, p. 185 : Stuart Baker, Indian Pigeons 

 and Doves, 1913, p. 80. 



l(^ad. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Aunam. 31 March, 1918. 



1 c?ad., 1 ? imm. Langbian Peaks, 5-7500 ft., S. Annam. 

 18-23 April, 1918. 



Male. " Iris, inner ring sky-blue, outer pink ; bill greyish 

 blue, tip of upper mandible slightly greenish, cere at sides 

 sky-blue; feet cerise, claws yellowish green." 



Males. T. L. 303, 300; W. 160, 167 ; T. 122, 128 mm. 



Female. T. L. 265 ; W. 153 ; T. 109 mm. 



Though these specimens are rather small, we can detect 

 no difference in coloration between them and the descriptions 

 of Salvadori, Blanford, and Stuart Baker. The orange 

 tinge on the forehetid is not perceptible, and there is only 

 the faintest trace of orange-pink on the sides of the breast. 

 The maroon-colour of the scapulars does not extend to the 

 mantle. It may here be noted that, contrary to the state- 

 ments of most authorities, the third primary is distinctly 

 sinuate on the inner web — at any rate, in males. 



The species has not previously been recorded from Cochin 

 China. Oustalet (loc. cit.) has listed it from the collections 

 of Prince Henri d'Orleans obtained in Yunnan. 



