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PHASIANID^. 



5. Sholapur, 4th Aug. (Davidson ^ Hume OoU. 



ll. Sholapur, 7th Aug. (2). ^ W.). Hume Ooll. 



2. Sholapur, 9th Aug. (J3. <§• W.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 12th Aug. (D. ^ W.). Hume Ooll. 



7. Sholapur, 14th Aug. (D. I JF.). Hume Coll. 



7. Sholapur, 15th Aug. [B. ^ W.). Hume Coll. 



5. Sholapur, 18th Aug. (D. Sr W.). HumeColl. 



7. Sholapur, 25th Sept. (X). |- W^.). Hume Coll. 



66. Belgaum {E. A. Butler). Hume Coll. 



Coturnix pectoralis, Gould. 



Ootumix pectoralis, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 190 (1865) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (188-3) ; North, Nests Sr Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 289, pi. xvi. fig. 10 (1889) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii'. p. 244 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Quail contained in the Collection can 

 be matched by eggs of G. coturnix with regard to coloration, but they 

 are of rather larger size. They are of two types : in one they are 

 largely blotched, in the other they are thickly speckled and spotted. 



Coturnix novae zealandise (Q. ^ (?.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 6.) 



Coturnix novse-zealandise. Potts, Tr. N. Z. Ind. ii. p. 66 (1869) ; iii. 

 p. 92 (1870) ; v. p. 185 (1872) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. 

 p. 225 (1888); Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 245 (1893); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 31 (1899). 



The eggs of the extinct Ne'w Zealand Quail are of a creamy-buff 

 colour, marked with extremely dark chocolate-brown or blackish 

 brown. Two examples in the Collection are marked with bold 

 blotches combined with many specks and spots ; two others are 

 marked with confluent blotches and spots, covering nearly the entire 

 surface of the shell.- The four specimens measure respectively : 

 1-3 by 1; 1-35 by 1; 1-4 by 1 ; 1-3 by 1. 



2. Plains of Port^oper, New Zealand, Capt. Stokes, R.N. [P.]. 



24th April 'F. Strange). 

 2. New Zealand. Gould Coll. 



Genus SYNCECUS, Gould. 



Synoecus australis {Temm.). 



Perdix australis, Thien. FoHpflanz. qes. Yog. p. 35, tab. viii. fig. 8 a, i 



(1845^4). ' 



Synoicus austraUs, Macgilliway, Toy. ' Eattlesnake,' ii. p. 368 (1862) ; 



