528 TURNICID^. 



h". Centre of breast and belly im- 

 maculate ; sides of breast spotted 

 with black or barred with black 

 and white. 

 e"' . Scapulars marofined with white 

 or whitish grey. Feathers on 

 sides of breast pale buft', con- 

 trasting strongly with the 

 rust-red centre of the breast, 

 each with a heart-shaped sub- 

 terminal black spot. 

 c^. Larger ; wing ca. 3'7 in fe- 

 male sylvatica J 5 ad., p. 537. 



d\ Smaller ; wing ca. 3'3 in fe- 

 male lepurana <S $ ad., p. 539. 



/'". Scapulars margined with 

 golden buff or straw-colour. 

 <''. Feathers on the sides of the 

 breast buff, contrasting but 

 slightly with the brighter 

 buff centre of the breast ; 

 each with a subtermiual 

 black or black and rufous 

 spot. Wing ca. 29 in fe- 

 male dussumieri J 5 ad., p. 540. 



/'. Feathers on the sides of the 

 breast with the ends barred 

 transversely with black and 



white nana cJ $ ad., p. 541. 



i". Centre of breast and belly with 

 round subterminal spots on most 

 of the feathers ; sides of breast 

 with terminal black and white 



transverse bars (as in T. nana). Jiottentotta S ? ad., p. 542. 

 e' . Middle tail-feathers not elongated 

 and pointed, nor edged with white 

 or buff; feathers of upper surface 

 without any scaly appearance. 

 Sexes different. 

 Tt" , A well-defined rufous nuchal 

 collar. 

 g'". Scapulars not edged with 

 golden buff. 

 ^*. Back uniform grej'ish brown, 

 with tine faint wavy trans- 

 verse bars of darker brown. 



Wing ca. 3-5 taiiki $ ad., p. 544. 



/i'. Back brownish grey, irregu- 

 larly blotched and vermi- 

 culated with black and 

 sometimes with traces of 

 rufous; nuchal collar bright 

 rufous, narrower. Wing 



ca. 3-9 hlanfordi $ ad., p. 542. 



i*. Back dark brownish grey, 

 ii-regularly blotched and 



