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6. EXCALFACTORIA. 



12. COTURNIX CHINENSIS. The Chinese Quail. 



Tetrao chinensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 277 ; Edw. Birds, pi. 247. 

 Perdix chinensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 652. 

 Tetrao manillensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 764 . 

 Perdix manillensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 655. 

 Coturnix chinensis, Bonn. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 221. 

 Coturnix excalfactoria, Temm. Ind. Gall. p. 742. 

 Coturnix flavipes, Bl. Journ. A. S. B. xi. p. 808. 

 Coturnix sinensis, Bonn. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 223. 

 Excalfactoria chinensis. Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 881 ; PI 

 Enl 126. f. 2. 



a. China, male. 



b. China, female. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



<?, d. Nepal, male and female. Presented by Brian H. 



Hodgson, Esq. 

 e. Pinang. 

 f. ? Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, R.N. 



13. COTURNIX AUSTRALIS. The Least Swamp Quail. 



Synoicus? chinensis, Gould, B. of Austr. v. pi. 92. 

 Excalfactoria australis, Gould, Handb. B. of Austr. ii. p. 197. 



a-d. South Australia. Presented by His Excellency Capt. 

 G. Grey. 



14. COTURNIX ADANSONI. Adanson's Quail. 



Coturnix Adansoni, Verr. Rev. de Zool. 1851, p. 515. 

 Excalfactoria Adansoni, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 881. 



a. West Africa, male. From M. Verreaux's Collection. 



b, c. Gaboon, male and female. From M. Parzudaki's Col- 



lection. 

 d. Natal. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



15. COTURNIX MINIMA. The Lesser Celebesian Quail. 

 Excalfactoria minima, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 128. 

 a. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



16. Coturnix sordida, Gould. 



17. Coturnix diemenensis, Gould. 



18. Coturnix caineana, Swinhoe. 



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