38 Dircflor's A)inual Report. 



generally distributed over the island. Their favorite feeding 

 grounds seem to be the dry rice paddies and the grassy places on 

 the hill sides. Two specimens, a male and a female, and one set 

 of seven eggs were secured. The size of this little quail is as fol- 

 lows : Total length 5, wing 2.75, tail i.oo, tarsus .80, culmen .43, 

 mid-toe and claw .78. The eggs (Fig. i, a.) are of an enormous 

 size for so small a bird, measuring iX .80 ; they are shaped like the. 



FIG. I. 

 a. Kxcalfactoria sinensis (Gm.). h. Aplonis kittlitzi, F. P. H. 



eggs of the common quail of the eastern United States, and are of 

 a brownish color deeply sprinkled over the entire surface by fine 

 deeper brown dots. Hab. Philippines, Palawan, Borneo, Java, 

 Sumatra, Australia and Guam. 



Genus GA1vI,US Linn. 

 37. Gallus bankiva (Temm.). Jungle Fowl. 



General under color black glossed with green ; mantle orange ; 

 scapulars, median wing coverts and lower back a dark maroon red ; 

 comb emarginate ; a wattle on each side of the throat. Length 29, 

 wing 9.5, tail 14, tarsus 3.1. Hab. Marianas, Philippines, Palawan, 

 Celebes Islands ; also in India, China, Siam, Java, and Mala}- 

 peninsula. 



