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Order TURNICIFORMES. 

 Family TIRXICIDAE. 

 Genus TUR.NIX. 

 riimix Bonnaterre. Tuhl. Eiin/cl. ifithod. Oni. i. p Ixxxii. IT'jl. 

 Type (l\v snbseqnent designation) : 7'. .si/lraticn. 



2ii. Turnix maculosa melanotus. 



IlfmiiindiiiK melanotus Grould, S»/«o/)s. Biiils Aiixh: pt. ii. pi. .SO. .\pl. lS;i7 : Moreton Bay, (^leens- 

 land. 



Eastern Black-backed ynail. 

 Mathews, Unii(Hhf No. lo (pars). 

 IJange : Qneensland, New South Wales. 



Note. — lu my Birds of Amtrulia 1 nsed the sjiecific name " mactilosa " 

 Temminck, stated to have come from New Hdllaml. Vieillot, oxamiaiiig the 

 same specimen as Temminck named, said it was the Indian form, and with 

 Vieiilot's determination I agree. Moreover, in the Catalogue of Birds xxii., 

 though tnaculosa Temminck was used for the Australian bird, Vieiilot's description 

 was referred to tiie Indian form, whereas both were applied to the same specimen. 

 Consequently Gould's separation of the Australian bird must be followed as above. 



21. Turnix maculosa pseutes snbsp. n. 



Western Black-backed Quail. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 15 (pars). 



Differs from 7'. m. melanotus in having a deep fulvous well-marked eyebrow, 

 the fulvous continuing down over the ear-coverts : the fulvous nudercoloration 

 continues down to the vent, being scarcely lighter on the abdomen, and also 

 approaches on the white chin coloration. Fully described and figured (as 

 T. maculosa) in my Birds of Australia, p. 79, pi. 13. 



Types : North-West Australia (Parry's Creek), Nos. 38 and 39. 



Range : North-West Australia. 



22. Turnix melanogaster. 



Uemipndius melanogaster Gould, Si/iwij^. Jlinh Aiistr. pt. ii. pi. 31. Apl. 1837 : Queensland. 



Black-breasted Quail. 



Mathews, Handlist No. Ki. 



Hauge : Queensland, New South Wales. 



23. Turnix varia varia. 



I'frdix ruriu Latham, Jnikx Oniilh. Sii/ijil. p. Ixiii. 1801 : New South Wales. 



Eastern Painted Quail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. IT (pars). 



Range : South Qneensland, New South Wales, \'ictoriii, Tasmania, South 

 Australia. 



