LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
9. ALECTURA LATHAM. BRUSH TURKEY. 
Gould, Vol. V. s pi. 77 (pt. 1), Dec. 1st, 1840. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 1, pi. 8, Oct. 31st, 1910. 
Alectura lathami Gray, Zool. Miscelh, pt. i., p. 4, 1831, Nov. 5th : [Near Sydney], New South Wales. 
Meliagris lindesayii Jameson, “L’lnstitut, Vol. III., No. 115, p. 238, July 22nd, 1835. Nom. nud.” 
Catheturus australis Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 206, July 1st, 1837. New name for A. lathami Gray. 
Catheturus novcehollandioe Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad . Sci. (Paris), Vol. XLII., p. 876, May 1856. Nom. nud. 
Taleg alius purpureicollis Le Souef, Ibis, Jan. 1898, p. 51 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Alectura lathami rohinsoni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIH., p. 177, Jan. 31, 1912 : Cairns, North Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales. 
Family PHASIANIDJ3. 
IX. Genus COT URN IX. 
Coturnix Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ency. Meth. Omitb., Vol. I., pp. lxxxvii., 216, 1791. Type (by tautonymy) : C. 
commums Bonn. = Tetrao coturnix Linne. 
Ortygion Keyserling undBlasius, Wirbelth. Europa’s, pp. lxvi, 112, 202, (before April) 1840. Type (by monotypv) : 
Tetrao coturmx Linne. 
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Perdortyx Montessus, Mem. Soe. Saone, Vol. VI., p. 36,1885. Type (by mono typy) : Synoicus lodoisice " Verreaux 
et des Murs ” Montessus = Tetrao coturnix Linne. 
Maroturnia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 112, Sept, 24th, 1914. Type (by original designation) 
Coturmx pectoralis Linne. 
10. COTURNIX PECTORALIS. STUBBLE QUAIL. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 88 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 1, pi. 9, Oct. 31st, 1910. 
Coturnix pectoralis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. II., pi. (29), April 1st, 1837: New South Wales. 
Coturnix pectoralis prcetermissa Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 178, Jan 31 1912: Broome Hill, South- 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Tasmania. 
X. Genus YPSILOPHORUS. 
Ypsilophorus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec, Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 127, Dec. 24th, 1912. New name for Synoicus Gould 
1843, not Synoicum Phipps 1774. Type (by monotypy) : Perdix australis Latham. 
Synoicus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. XII. (Vol. V., pi. 89, text), Sept. 1st, 1843. Type (by monotypy) : P. australis 
Not Synoicum Phipps, Voy. North Pole, App., p. 199, 1774. 
11. YPSILOPHORUS YPSILOPHORUS. BROWN QUAIL. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 89 (pt. xii.), Sept. 1st, 1843 : pi. 90 (pt. xxvi.), March 1st, 1847 ; pi. 91 (pt. 
xxix.), Dec. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 1, pis. 10 and 11, Oct. 31st, 1910. 
Coturnix ypsilophorus Bose, Joum. d’Hist. Nat. (Paris), Vol. II., No. 20, p. 297, pi. 39, 1792 : No Loc. = I have 
designated Tasmania (Frederick Henry Bay). 
Perdix australis Latham, Index Omith: Suppl., p. lxh., 1801, after May : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Synoicus diemenensis Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxvi., March 1st, 1847 : Tasmania. 
Synoicus sordidus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc: (Lond.), 1847, p. 33, April 27th : South Australia, 
Synoicus cervinus Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 195 (Dec.) 1865: Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Coturnix australis rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 179, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia (Coast). 
Coturnix australis mungi Mathews, ib. : Mungi, North-west Australia (Interior). 
Coturnix australis melviUensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 26, April 2nd, 1912: Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Coturnix australis queenslandicus Mathews, ib. : Cape York, Queensland 
Distribution. Australia generally. Tasmania. 
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