356 Lieut. R. E. Yanglian and Staff-Surg, K. H. Jones 



The late Lieutenant Tickell, R.N., found a nest in 

 Kwang Si, about twenty miles above Kwei Hsien, at a place 

 called Great Rapids^ and at Howlik a Chinese grass-cutter 

 found a clutch of three eggs and promptly ate them. 



The eggs measure from 1*87 to V7\) in length and from 

 1-39 to 1-3G in breadth, and average 1-87 X 137. 



TURNIX TAIGOOR. 



Only two specimens of this Quail were obtained, both in 

 Ai)ril, one among mulberry-canes near Samshui, and the other 

 u]) the North River. Tiiis species Avas carefully looked for, 

 but as it did not occur again must be regarded as an 

 unusual visitor to this part of China. 



TuRNIX DUSSUMIERI. 



This Button-Quail, which bears a strong resemblance to 

 a gigantic bumble-bee when on the wing, breeds in 

 Kwang Si, and occurs occasionally in Western Kwang Tung 

 during the winter months. 



One was obtained at Kwei Hsien, in Kwang Si, in July, 

 which had in its oviduct a fully-formed egg ready to be laid. 

 This had a ground-colour of a greenish white, and was 

 spotted and blotched all over with yellowish bi'own and 

 with shell-markings of darker brown; it measured about 

 I'OO X '7 inch. 



TURNIX BLANFORDI. 



Blanford's Hemipode passes through the West River 

 Valley, ]\Tacao, and the New Territory, both on spring and 

 autumn migrations, but was chiefly noticed on the latter. 



The first arrivals about Wucliau i)ut in an appearance 

 during the last week of October, but across the water in 

 Macao, they have been observed in great numbers about the 

 middle of November. A few individuals remain throughout 

 the winter, but most hurry through and go further south. 



In the spring one of the these birds is occasionally bagged 

 whilst shooting Snipe. Females are more plentiful than 

 males on the autumn passage. The bird does not breed on 

 the West River ; probably its area is further to the westward, 

 and it is known to nest in the north of China. 



