I877.J THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 701 



Wing. Tarsus. Oiilmen. 



c? 3-87 1-00 0-75 



9 4-25 1-06 0-81 



73. TURNIX FASCIATA. 



agrlweH- h Tf°'-''^'Pf""^'"^«f " species of ^^.r«^;^:^ which 

 agree well with Temmuack's description. Thev are at once di^sfm 



Stfhti't "™ ''•^'^r!' "^ J^^^' bj' the unifor^mTroad light rufous 

 Sely^^hed' "Stbd '^ '""f .^"^^^ ^"^^''^^' ^"* othfrwise ar 

 ..aK;1iffe''^^^^^^^^ " '°*^' ^^^^^ ^^ -h^'^- From T. ros- 



Wing. Tarsus. Oiilmen. 



<S 3-00 0-87 0-50 



5 3-25 0-93 0-60 



74. Charadrius fulvus (159). 



[San Mateo a S: iris chocolate-brown; bill black- Ws n«l« 

 lead-grej. i, $ : iris brown; legs light lead-grey.] ' ^ P^^' 



75. .^GIALITIS dubia(162). 



[Monte Alban. a, S : iris warm chocolate-brown- orbital rJn™ 

 pure orange; bill black, base orange; le-s trev n.if^ L T 

 6,d: .iris brown; bill black; legs ?chreou°s%S; ; "n L b at' 

 Ll 'T ^^ ^'7^' ^'^^ ^^^'^' base yellowish; egs purplish 

 o^^u'sTeZ-.] '''- ^"^ '^^'- brown; bill and n'ailsU^SS 



Seven examples, in various stages of plumage, of what is un 

 doubtedly typical ^. dubia (Scop.) have been sent by Mr Everett" 

 A comparison made with these Luzon individuals and others of so 

 called ^.curomca (Gm.) and ^. ntinuta (Pall.), apud J d from 

 Europe and Asia {conf. Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p 89^ lelres me n^ 

 other conclusion than that they all belong to one species ?^ dT 



Z^rtC^^'^^r'^'VT^'^''^^^y' but" intermediate Inks occur 

 umting the smal er w^h the larger races. In markings and cobur 

 ing there IS httle difference, and the proportionate lenSh of the' 



rtiaries to the first primary is very variable in birds even from the 

 same locality. The species described by Mr. Blvth abisTsfiT 

 p. 164, no^ 849) as ^. pMlippensis, vera,^is ^. ^JS'^Tem 



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