=2* Mallee-Fowl=, Lowan, Native Pheasant, Pheasant (e), _Leipoa ocellata_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. Stat. r. _mallee scrubs_ 24 Like a small turkey; neck light fawn-gray; back, wings spotted white, black, brown; f., smaller. Seeds, ants. F. 8. _Cracidae_, Curassows, Guans, 59 sp.--1(0)Nc., 59(58)Nl. F. 9. _Tetraonidae_, Grouse, Capercailly, Ptarmigan, Prairie-Fowl, 45 sp.--1(0)O., 19(16)P., 28(26)Nc. F. 10. PHASIANIDAE (6), Pheasants, Partridges, Peafowl, Domestic Fowls, 242 sp.--12(10)A., 137(119)O., 47(31)P., 64(58)E. 1 6 =3* Stubble Quail= (Pectoral), _Coturnix pectoralis_, A., T. =vt. Eur. Quail. Nom. c. _stubble_, _grass_ 6.7 Brown lined white, black; throat dull reddish; breast streaked black; f., less distinctly marked with black. Weed-seeds, insects. Rises with a burr-r-r. 3 7 =4* Brown Quail= (Swamp, Partridge), _Synoicus australis_, N.G., A., T. =vt. Eur. Partridge. Nom. c. _grassy flats_ 6.5 Upper finely-barred gray, black, chestnut; under buffy-gray with zigzag black bars; bill blue, tipped black; eyes orange; f., sim. Seeds, insects. "Bee'e quick." =5 Tasmanian Quail= (Silver, Greater-Brown), _S. diemenensis_, V., T. Like 4, but larger. Nom. r. occ. _thick grass_ 8.5 [Page 14] [Illustration: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]] 1 4 =6* King Quail= (Chestnut-bellied, Least, Dwarf, Swamp), _Excalfactoria chinensis lineata_, Philippines, Sumatra to A. exc. W.A.; sub-species of Chinese Quail. Nom. r. _swamps_ 4.5 Back dark-brown; breast blue-gray; abdomen chestnut; throat black, white bands conspicuous; 1-1/4 oz.; f., dark-brown, spotted black; throat whitish; under barred black. Weed-seeds, insects. F. 11. _Numididae_, Guinea-Fowls, 23 sp. E. F. 12. _Meleagridae_, Turkeys, 5 sp.--4(2)Nc., 3(1)Nl. F. 13. _Odontophoridae_, American Quails, Bob-Whites, 72 sp.--18(10)Nc., 62(54)Nl. ==== Order III. comprises the 26 Bustard Quail and the peculiar Australian Plain Wanderer. Only the last species of this Bustard Quail family, the Australian Plain Wanderer has the hind toe. The females of this order of birds do the fighting. In Quail, the rule often observed amongst birds that the male is larger and more beautiful than the female may be reversed, for here the female is sometimes larger and the more conspicuously colored. In association with this reversal of color and size, the domestic habits are changed, for, in some species at least, the female sits on the eggs but a very short time; the male then finishes the task of incubating, and brings up and educates the young family. Meantime, the female has found another mate and another clutch of eggs is left to the care of the male.