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5. Tunis. Louis Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Zana, Algeria, loth June (O. Saloin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Chemora, Algeria, 1st June (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



11. Jask, Gulf of Oman, 23rd March. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Lahore, India, 19th April (C. H. T. Hume Coll. 



Marshall). 



4. Allahabad, 26th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



2. N.W. Provinces. Hume Coll. 



Coturnix africana (T. & S.). 



Coturnix communis, Cowan, Proc. -R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. p. 149' 



(1882). 

 Coturnix cotumix, Sharpe , ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 603, part. 



(1875-84). 



Coturnix capensis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 237 (1893). 

 Cotumix africana, Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Cape Quail are quite similar to those of 

 C. coturnix, both in size and colour. 



1. S. Africa. Gould Coll. 



3. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



8. Betsileo, Madagascar. Kev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Coturnix japonica, T. 4" & 



Coturnix dactylisonans, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 260, 341. 



Coturnix japonica, Blak. # Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 226 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 



B M. xxii. p. 239 (1893) ; Gates, Game Birds Lid. i. p. 87 (1898) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Quail do not appear to differ in any 

 respect from those of C. cotumix. 



5. Japan (H. Pn/er}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Talien Bay, N. China, July Seebohm Coll. 



(jR. Siomhoe}. 



Coturnix coromandelica (Gm.). 



Coturnix coromandelica, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 151 

 (1879) ; iii. App. pi. iv. (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. 

 B. iii. p. 444 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 241 (1893) ; 

 Oat es, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 90 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted or Rain Quail vary excessively, 

 the ground-colour ranging from yellowish white to reddish buff. 

 The markings are black, purplish, olive, reddish brown or rich brown, 

 and consist of specks, spots and blotches. Some examples are thickly 

 covered with fine specks only ; others are speckled and also blotched ; 

 and others again are blotched and marbled. They measure from 1 

 to 1*25 in length, and from '8 to -9 in breadth. 



3. India. Purchased of Warwick. 



6. Karachi, 8th Aug. Hume Coll. 



