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TUENICID^. 



Primaries, primary-coverts, and secoudaries blackish brown, narrowly 

 margined on the outer web with buff or white, the outer web of the 

 outer secoudaries being also toothed with the same colour ; rest of 

 the wing-coverts rufous or brown on the inner web and buff on the 

 outer, and barred with black. Middle of the throat and chest deep 

 black ; sides of the chest and the breast buff barred with black ; 

 belly and rest of the underparts rusty buff, paler in the centre. Iris 

 pale straw-white : bill, legs, and feet lavender-grey, slightly dusky 

 towards the tip of the culmen. Total length 6-7 inches, wing 3-6, 

 tail 1-2, tarsus 0-95. 



Immature females differ from the adult only in lacking the black 

 throat. 



Adult male. Differs from the female only in having the chin and 

 the centre of the throat white and the middle of the chest barred like 

 the sides, as well as by its smaller size. Iris pale whitish straw ; 

 biU plumbeous ; legs and feet bluish flesh-eolour. Total length 

 5*6 inches, wing 3*1, tail 1*2, tarsus 0-85. 



Quite young males differ from the adult iu having rounded black 

 spots on the chest and breast instead of bars ; the wing-coverts have 

 more buff, and the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries are 

 more widely and irregularly edged with buff — nearly all the latter 

 being sometimes also toothed with the same colour. 



A nestling is covered with down, and resembles a young Partridge 

 or Quail. 



Note. — Like all birds of this genus there is a general tendency to 

 uniformity of coloration in the plumage of the upper surface of very 

 old specimens, the bars, spots, and markings gradually disappearing. 



Hah. India and IN". Ceylon, ranging eastward of the Bay of 

 Bengal through Burma aud Tenasserim to the Malay Peninsula, 

 Siam, China, Formosa, and Loo-choo Islands. 



a,b. S 9- ad. St. 

 c-g. S ? ad. sk. 



h, i. (S 2 ad. sk. 

 k, I. 5 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 m. 2 ad. sk. 

 n-r. S 2 ad. sk. 



s, t. (S ad. et $ 



imm. sk. 

 u. 2 nr. ad. sk. 



V, 10. 2 ^^- sk. 



X. 2 ad. sk. 



y-a'. S 2 ad. sk. 

 b'. c? ad. sk. 

 c'-e'. S ad. et 2 



imm. sk. 

 /'. (S ad. sk. 



India. 



Coiiubatore, Oct. {A. G. R. 



Theobald). 

 Mysore, July and Aug. 

 Mysore, Aug. {R. G. W. 



R.). 

 Madi'as. 

 Madras. 



Hume CoU. 



W. Davison, Esq. [P.] 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 

 Hume and Gould 



Colls. 

 Hume Coll. 



Belgaum, Feb., Nov. {U. A. 



Butler). 

 Dopuli, S. Konkan, Jan. Hume CoU. 



{G. Vidal). 

 Ahmednugger, May, Oct. Hume aud Tweed- 



(H. J. Bruce and S. B. dale Colls. 



Fail-bank). 

 Tapti Valley, W. Khan- Hume Coll. 



deish. 

 Khandeish. Tweeddale Coll. 



Godra, Panchmehals, Sept. Hume Coll. 

 Deccan (Si/kes). India Museum [P.]. 



(Type of Hemipodius taigoor, Sykes.) 

 Deesa, Aug. {E. A. Butler). Hume CoU. 



