Oriolus ocellatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786),
pt. 2, 88.
Turnix ocellata Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 22, 548;
Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 49; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 8.
Pu-gong gu'-bat, Manila.
Luzon (Everett, Heriot, Whitehead, McGregor, Worcester, Mearns).
Adult male.--Above mottled and spotted; head and sides of face black
with roundish white spots and some rusty edging to feathers; rest of
upper parts with large black centers to feathers whose edges are light
buff and tips rusty; a slight trace of a chestnut nuchal collar; chin
and middle of throat white; breast uniform rufous-chestnut; middle of
belly dirty white; flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts dirty buff;
primaries brown with pale edges; secondaries mottled and with wider,
buff edges; coverts and tertials buff, each with a larger, roundish,
black spot. "Iris white, upper mandible grayish brown at tip, pale
yellow from nostrils back; lower mandible pale yellow, except tip
light brown, legs and feet light straw-yellow, except joints and
soles light brown; nails gray. Length, 165." (Worcester.) A specimen
from Benguet measures: Wing, 93; tail, 33; culmen, 15; tarsus, 25;
middle toe with claw, 24.
Adult female.--Similar to male but larger; throat and chin black;
chestnut of breast continued above as a wide nuchal collar. Iris
white; bill pale yellow, grayish at tip; legs dull yellow; nails
whitish. Length, 180; wing, 115; tail, 37; culmen, 17; tarsus, 29;
middle toe with claw, 27.5. These measurements are from a specimen
taken near Manila.
Young.--In young males the throat is more or less spotted with
black and many of the breast-feathers are subterminally spotted with
black. In young females the throat is more or less spotted with white.
This is much the largest of the Philippine button quails and appears
to be confined to the Island of Luzon.