190 On a Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
Turnix vari a Lath. 
Turnix varia Math. p. 7, 
a, b. S $ • Big Grove, 12th April & 2nd May. 
c. [ $ ]. Dwaladine, 17th Feb. 
d. A • Parker's Range, 13th Aug. 
Iris deep pink, outer ring slightly paler; bill olivaceous— 
of a slate-colour above, pale bluish below ; legs dull yellow, 
claws whitish-buff. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 7‘5-8 - 0 inches. 
[The Variegated Bustard-Quail was fairly plentiful: it 
frequented stony ridges in forest-country and was observed 
going about in pairs.—G. C. S.] 
CoTURNIX PECTORALIS Gould. 
Coturnix pedoralis Math. p. 6. 
a. $ . Beechland, 9th Feb. 
Iris reddish-brown ; legs light pinkish-grey. 
[The Pectoral Quail is plentiful in favourable localities 
at certain times of the year. It was abundant in the stubble- 
fields round Busselton in February 1907, and was said to be 
a regular visitor there, and occasionally numerous around 
York.—G. C. S ] 
Lipoa ocellata Gould. 
Lipoa ocellata Math. p. 6. 
a, b. A ? • Woyaline, 24th & 29th April. 
A . Iris light yellowish-brown ; bill slaty black; bare 
skin on the face dusky, below the eye bluish-white; legs 
dusky brown. 
$ . Iris light yellowish- brown; bill of a dark horn-colour ; 
bare skin on the face dusky; legs of a dusky slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, male 25 inches ; 
female 27 inches. 
[The Ocellated Megapode, known as the “Gnou” by the 
natives and Mallee-hen 99 by the colonists, is fast dis¬ 
appearing, although its old nesting-mounds are to be found 
almost everywhere. It seems now to be entirely extinct 
in the west (on ihe Gascoyne River) and, although existing 
