412 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
831.—Excalfactoria chinensis, in. The Blue- 
breasted Quail. 
I found this beautiful species occurring sparingly through 
the grassy portions of the Wynaad, and obtained some speci- 
mens at Rampore, on the confines of the Mysore territory. 
I did not observe it, nor do I know of its occurrence, on the 
hills. 
832.—Turnix taigoor, Sykes. The Black-breasted 
Bustard Quail. 
I found this species not uncommon about the cultivated fields 
in Mysore, always in pairs or singly, more frequently the latter. 
I did not meet with it in the Wynaad, but it doubtless occurs. 
I have never met with it on the hills. 
834.—Turnix joudera, Hodgs. The Larger Button 
Quail. 
I obtained a single specimen of this species, a male, near 
Karote at the foot of Banasore Peak in the Wynaad. It was 
the only time I met with it. It measured— 
Length, 5°6; expanse, 10:1; tail, 1:05; wing, 2°95; tarsus, 
0:9; bill from gape, 0°62 ; weight, 1°62 ozs. 
Legs, feet, claws, lower mandible and upper mandible to 
nostril pale yellow; lower mandible tipped pale brown ; rest of 
upper mandible dark brown; irides white. 
[839.—Sypheotides aurita, Lath. The Lesser 
Florican. 
A single specimen was killed on the slopes of the Nilghiris 
some years ago between Neddivuttum and Pykarra, going down 
to the Wynaad.—A. O. H.] 
[840.—Cursorius coromandelicus Gm. The Indian 
Courier Plover, 
Has been sent from 8. W. Mysore, quite near to Gundalupet. 
—A. O. H.] 
[849.—Aigialitis dubia, Scop. The Common Ring 
Plover. 
Sultan’s Battery, Wynaad; 8. W. Mysore; near the foot of 
the Coonoor Ghat, and I expect everywhere about the bases of 
the Nilghiris—A. O. H.] 
