1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 401 



508. COTURNIX COMMUNIS, Bonn. Ibis, 1863, p. 398; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 308. 



Coturnix chinensis (L.), Ibis, 1860, p. 63. 



Coturnix dactylisonans, Ibis, 1860, p. 358, 1861, pp. 50, 260, 341. 



Coturnix japonic a, Bp. 



The Quails of North China that come south in winter have more 

 or less rufous on their faces, and are more richly coloured than those 

 that pass the summer with us ; but the two races seem to blend into 

 each other, and it is not easy to draw a line of distinction between 

 them. 



509. EXCALFACTORIA CHiNENSis (L.) ; Ibis, 1863, p. 398, 1870, 

 p. 360; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308. 



Coturnix chinensis (L.); Ibis, 1861, p. 50. 

 Coturnix caineana, , Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 351. 

 South China, Formosa, and Hainan. 



510. TURNIX DUSSUMIERI. 



Hemipodius dussumieri, Temm. PI. Col. (1838) pi. 454. f. 2; 

 Gould, B. of As. pt. xxi. 



Turnix sykesi, A. Smith, Zool. of South Africa; Jerdon, B. of 

 Ind. iii. p. 600. 



In the winter 1868-69, when I was last in Formosa, I procured 

 several females and one male of the little Turnix that abounds on 

 the low grassy hills about fifteen miles from Takow. It had escaped 

 me before, but its eggs I had got in abundance. This I cannot dis- 

 tinguish from the small Button-Quail of India. The females were 

 bigger than the male, but of siinilar plumage. They both had deep- 

 bluish bills, and the former bluish grey legs, the legs of the male 

 being more flesh-coloured. This bird has not yet been met with in 

 China. 



511. AREOTURNIX ROSTRATA. 



Turnix rostrata, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, pp. 542, 544, 1866, pp. 131, 

 297, 403, 1867, p. 230. 



Turnix ocellatus, Ibis, 1863, p. 398. 



Allied to T. plumbipes, Hodgs., T. ocellata, Jerdon (nee Scop.), 

 but of a good deal larger size, with much more powerful bill and legs. 

 Frequents the lowest hill-ranges of South Formosa, showing a pre- 

 ference for rocky places covered with scrub. The female is much 

 larger than the male, and acquires a black throat in summer. 



512. AREOTURNIX BLAKISTONI, n. sp. 



Turnix ocellata, Ibis, 1866, p. 131 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308. 



A male specimen of the T. ocellata group was procured by Capt. 

 Blakiston at Canton, and kindly given to me. This differs too 

 much from the last for me to consider it of the same species. Its 

 nearest ally is the T. pugnax, Temm., of Malacca, but it is smaller, 

 shorter-toed, and possesses a remarkably small bill. Instead of spots 



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