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SUB-FAMILY GTEOTRYGONIN^E (PARTRIDGE-LIKE). 



GENUS LEUCOSARCIA. Tarsus shade longer than middle toe. 



561. L, pleat a, Wonga-Wonga Pigeon. 



Back, shoulders, and tail dark grey, with brownish tinge on wings ; 

 forehead and throat whitish ; breast warm white ; dark bib below 

 throat, and a blade-like band from shoulder. 



Total length, about 15 in. ; wing, 8'5 in. ; tail, 5 '75 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



ORDER GAX.X.INJE. 



Bill short and stout ; the culmen arched, and overhanging the mandible ; 

 maxillo-palatines not coalesced. 



Sub-order Alectoropodes . 



The hallux raised above the level of the other toes, and its basal phalanx 

 much shorter than that of the third toe. 



FAMILY PHASIANID^. 



Nostrils never hidden by feathers ; toes never pectinated. 



GENUS COTURNIX. Has ten to twelve feathers in tail ; axillaries long 

 and pure white. 



562. C. pectoraliS, Gld., Stubble Quail. 



Outer web of primaries uniform brown, not barred and marked 

 with buff. 



Male. Throat dull brick colour. 



Female. Black bands on the feathers of the breast, not confluent 

 in the median line, but separated by a buff isthmus. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



GENUS SYNCECUS. Has ten or twelve feathers in tail ; axillaries are 

 short and grey. 



563. S. ailSt rails, Temm. (includes S. sordidus, Gld. ; S. diemenensis, 



Gld. ; S. australis, Gld. ; S. cervinus, Gld.), Brown Quail. 

 Male. Sides of the crown not mostly black ; upper parts not 

 blotched with black, or with the black markings present in the form 

 of moderate bars ; shaft stripes narrower, confined to the shaft 

 itself ; chin and throat dirty white- 

 Female. Sides of the crown black, or mostly black ; upper parts 

 coarsely blotched with black ; shaft stripes wider than the shafts 

 themselves ; chest pale rufous-buff, barred all over with black. 



Hab. : sordidus, 4, 6 ; diemenensis, 5 ; australis, 2 to 9 ; 

 cervinus, 1, 2. 



GENUS EXCALFACTORIA. Has only eight feathers in tail. 



564. E. lllie at a, Scopoli, sub-sp. of E. chinensis (E. australis, Gld.), 



Chestnut-bellied Quail (Least Swamp-Quail ; King Quail). 

 Male has throat black, with crescent-shaped mark of white 

 underneath. 



Female has throat and centre of abdomen buff; broad stripe over 

 each eye sandy-buff; crown of head and all upper surface dark 

 brown, crossed by fine bars of lighter brown, and each feather with 

 a line of buff down centre. 



Total length, 5 '25 in. ; wing, 2 '75 in. ; tail, 1*1 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



