480 ON NEW BIRDS FROM THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. [June 13, 
brilliant birds which inhabit the same great island, whose surface, 
clothed with perpetual forests, seems ill-adapted to this grass-loving 
group of birds. 
TURNIX RUFILATUS. 
Supra olivaceo-rufescens, tenuiter nigro undulato-fasciatus; plumis 
capitis et in medio dorsi nigro maculatis ; fronte nigra, linea 
superciliari, facie et gula nigro et albo punctulatis ; pectore et 
lateribus nigro et albo fasciatis ; abdominis medio albescente 
ejusque lateribus et tectricibus caude inferioribus rujfis, tectri- 
cibus alarum albo et nigro fasciatis et maculatis. 
Above olive-brown, the feathers very finely undulated with black ; 
forehead black ; feathers of the head towards the sides black-spotted, 
and towards the middle of the back a few largish round black spots ; 
a line over each eye to the nape of black-and-white-spotted feathers ; 
the throat and breast ashy, banded regularly with black and white ; 
the middle of the belly whitish ; the flanks and under tail-coverts 
light rufous; the outer margin of the first primary is white, and 
the wing-coverts and tertiaries have a roundish black spot and one 
or two white and black bands towards the end of each feather ; bill 
and feet are pale greenish yellow; claws pale. 
Total length 6 inches; wing 3} ; bill, from gape, ;8;; tarsus 1 ; 
middle toe and claw 1. 
Remark.—The bill varies much in thickness, in old birds being 
4; inch high. It resembles most 7. fasciatus, Temm., which has a 
black head and darker belly. 
Hab. Macassar (Celebes). 
PorZANA MOLUCCANA. 
Supra olivacea ; uropygio, alis eaudaque olivaceo-brunneis; subtus 
cinerea, gula pallidiore ; femoribus, crisso et tectricibus caude 
inferioribus pallide cinnamomeis. 
Dusky olive, shading into olive-brown on the wings, rump, and 
tail; beneath ashy; throat whitish; thighs, vent, and under tail- 
coverts light cinnamon-brown ; bill greenish, tinged with reddish at 
the base of the culmen ; feet olive, tinged with yellow or purplish ; 
iris brown. 
_ Total length 114 inches ; wing 52; bill, to front, 1,45; tarsus 2353 
middle toe and claw 23. 
Hab. Amboyna; Ternate. 
PoRZANA RUFIGENIS, 
Supra olivaceo-fusca, subtus rufescens; fronte genisque rufis, gula 
alba, abdomine medio albescente, crisso lateribusque fuscis albo- 
fasciatis, tectricibus alarum exterioribus tenuiter, inferioribus 
late albo-fasciatis, remigibus fuscis, prima externe albo margi- 
nata, cauda fusca immaculata, 
Above dark olive-brown, with a bronzy tinge; beneath palish 
