AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYSORE. 411 
826.—Perdicula asiatica, Lath. The Jungle Bush 
Quail. 
Not uncommon in some parts of Mysore, between Gun- 
dalupet and Mnuddur for instance. It is always in coveys 
keeping much to the thorny scrub. I have not noticed it on 
the slopes of the Nilghiris, nor did I come across it in the 
Wynaad. 
A male measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 7:2; expanse, 10°6; tail, 1:7; wing, 3:4; tarsus, 
1-1; bill from gape, 0°5; weight, 2°75 ozs. 
Legs and feet pale reddish yellow; upper mandible and tip 
of lower mandible dull black ; base of lower mandible plum- 
beous ; irides cinnamon red; claws pale reddish horny. 
828.—Microperdix erythrorhynchus, Sykes. The 
Painted Bush Quail. 
This handsome Quail occurs all over the district embraced 
within this paper. It is still common in many parts, but 
of late years has become quite scarce in the neighbourhood 
of Ootacamund and Coonoor, &c. But coming as it does 
under the protection of the close season, it is to be hoped it 
may again increase in numbers. It occurs in larger or smaller 
coveys, and with dogs affords some pretty shooting. 
The sexes do not differ in size. The following are the 
dimensions of four specimens :— 
Length, 6:9 to 7:3; expanse, 10°5 to 10°6; tail, 1°75 to 
2:1; wings, 3°15 to 3:3; tarsus, 1:0 to 1-07; bill from gape, 
0-6 to 0°61; weight, 2:12 to 2-5 ozs. Bill, legs, and feet, ver- 
milion red ; irides red brown. 
829.—Coturnix communis, Bonn. The Quail. 
I shot a specimen of this Quail, a female, within tliree miles 
of the town of Ootacamund on the 14th January 1881. In 
former years too I have on a few occasions met with them 
on the Nilghiris. I did not meet with it either in the Wynaad 
or Mysore. 
830.—Coturnix coromandelica, Gm. The Rain 
Quail, 
This Quail was not uncommon near Muddur in Mysore in 
moderate sized coveys. I also observed it in other parts of 
Mysore, near Gundalupet, Teppu Kardu, &., and it also 
occurs in the Wynaad, though I did not obtain it there. 
Some years ago I shot one out of a small covey on the edge 
of the Government Cinchona Plantations at Neddivuttum, 
and on another occasion [ killed one in Ootacamund. 
