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flesh-brown. Legs a similar colour, much paler on the soles 
and undertarsi. Feathers of the back, breast, and wing-coverts 
broadly edged with yellowish brown.” 
d 1 , shot 23rd July, 1861. “ Length 9J in.; wing5J; tail 3^. 
Bill purplish black; skin round the eye yellowish grey. Iris 
dark brown. Legs and claws deep purplish brown, with whitish 
undertarsi and edges to scales, and yellowish soles. Crop dis¬ 
tended with black sesamum-seeds. Length of intestine 15 t 7 q in.; 
cseca very small, situate about lj 2 ^ from anus.” 
The eggs of this species are, as usual, two in number and 
white; they measure *97 in. by *26. 
112. Coturnix communis, Bonn. 
Occurs all the year round, but more abundantly during winter. 
113. Turnix ocellatus (Scop.). Chinese name, Bo-bay (tail¬ 
less) Kaw-toon. 
This is not an uncommon bird on the plains near Taiwanfoo, 
but, from its small size and skulking habits, is hard to flush 
without a good dog. A pair of little chickens were brought 
me on the 19th August 1861. Their cry was not unlike that 
of a domestic chicken. Bill blackish, purplish towards the base, 
yellowish inside the mouth and at the angle. Iris blackish brown. 
Legs and claws pale ochreous yellow. Bare skin round the eye 
and ear leaden grey. General colour of the down light ochreous, 
striped on the upper parts longitudinally with black and rich 
chestnut-brown, presenting a mottled appearance. I also pro¬ 
cured a nest with four eggs in it—the usual number, I am 
told, laid by this species. The nest was a loose structure of fine 
grass, with seed-tops quite green, lined with drier materials, the 
whole being placed in a depression in the ground. The eggs 
varied greatly in size, and were of a light rich sepia-tint, mottled 
and blotched with deeper shades of the same, in two conspicu¬ 
ously at the larger end, in one at the smaller, and in the smallest 
egg not blotched at all. Two of the eggs measure about *9 in. 
long and *75 broad. Of the other two, which are nearly of a 
size, the smaller measures *67 by ’6 in. 
!j 114. Excalfactoria chinensis (L.). Chinese name, Koo-lew. 
This widely distributed, prettily marked Quail occurred also 
in the plains. Eight small eggs, of a clear uniform light olive- 
