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'J he ej^j^s are usually four, sometimes only tliiee, in number for a sittin;^, in foi m swollen 

 ovals, some specimens tapering somewhat sharply towards ihesmallei end, tlie shell beini; elose- 

 j^rained, smooth and lustrous. They vary from a faint huffy to a '.greyish-white ground colour, 

 which is almost obscured with numerous freckles, dots and small ine^ular-shapeJ spots of 

 ciiestnut or wood-lnown, dull \iolet and slaty-j,'rey, thickly and uniformly distriinited over the 

 surface of the shell. ( )n some specimens the markin;:;s are small, faint and almost inxisible, 

 and resemble a mi.xed pepper and salt hue ; on others, althoUL^h the markini^s aie small, they 

 are darJier, well defined and very distinct; the irregular spots aie lew in number, and seldom 

 are so large as to be in any way conspicuous, and are chiefly conlined to the thicker end : in no 



instance do the markings 

 assume the loim of a zone. 

 .\ set of four in the ;\us- 

 iialian Museimi Collection, 

 taken by ] >r. E. P. Kanisay 

 .'it 1 'obioyde, near Sydney, 

 measures: — Length (A) 

 111 X o'(; inches ; (15) 1-12 

 o ly inches ; (C) 1-14 x 

 ^|■^ll inches; (L)) i-i x o'g 

 inches. A set of four taken 

 by INfi. 11. G. Barnard on 

 the 24th ( )ctober, 1893, 

 at C o o m o oboolaroo, 

 1 'uaringa, (Jueeii si an d, 

 nieasures: — Length (.\) 

 i-nS X 0-88 inches; (B) 

 I'oS X o'92 inches; (C) 

 I •u(j X u'g^ inches : (1 ') 

 1-07 X o'()3 inches. .X set 

 of lour taken on the !<itli 

 November, 1906, at Cop- 

 ma n h u r s t , N e w South 

 Wales, by Mr. George 

 Sa\idge, measures: — 

 l^ength (A) i-ii x 0-87 

 inches ; (B) i-i i x 0-85 

 inches ; (C) 1-09 x o-b6 

 inches; (D) 1-12 x 0-87 

 Indies. 



The accompanying lignre is reproduced from a photograph taken by Mr. George Saxidge 

 at l\'amornie Station, opposite Copnianhurst, in (anuary, 1907. 



Young birds assume the plumage of the adult before they have lost the down on the nape. 

 Wing i-y inches. The wing-measurement of a nearly adult male is 3-5 inches. 



The n(3rmal breeding season in liastern Austialia is fioni the beginning of September to 

 the end of I*"ebruary ; odd nests, howe\'er, may be found in all the other months of the year. 

 In 1908 Mr. A. i\L N. Ivose found young birds at Campbelltown, thiity-four miles from Sydney, 

 early in August. The first nest of the N'aried Turnix 1 found was in Albert Park', near 

 Melbourne. It was in the month of March ; it contained four fresh eggs and the bird allowed 

 itself to be almost trodden upon before (Inttering up from nearly beneath my feet. 



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