368 GALL0-GRALL.1-',. 



^uhordevlY. If EMIPODJf*. 



[Cf. Sharpe, Review, p. 69.] 



A. Maxillo-palutines not coalesced with each other or with tlie 



vomer. 



B. Nasals sehizorhinal. 



C. Dorsal vertebrae heterocoelous. 



D. Sternum with a deep notch on either side of the posterior 



margin. 



E. Oil-gknd tufted. 



F. Spinal bare tract not reaching to the neck, though the three 



other tracts do so. 



G. A well-developed episternum, receiving the stm-nal ends of 



the coracoids, but not perforated. 



Genus TURNIX. 

 Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encycl. Method, i. pp. Ixxxii, 5(1790). 



Turnix velox. 



Hemipodius veloa-, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1840, p. 150. 



Turnix velox, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 184 (1865). 



The Swift-flying Hemipode. 



Hah. Australia. 



1849. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. Palmer, N. S. 



Wales (E. P. Ramsay). S. S. 947. 



Presented hy P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Turnix maculatus. 



Turnix maculatus, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxv. p. 47 

 (1819) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chin. p. 398 (1877). 



The Spotted Hemipode. 



Hah. China. 



1850. Skeleton. From (-hefoo. 0. C. 1423 a. 



Presented hy Consul Swinhoe, F.R.S. 



* Cf. Huxlej, Proc. Zool. See. 1868, p. 303; Parker, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. 

 1*. r,, pp. 289-352, pi. liv. Also Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 39. 



