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TTJENICID^. 



In immature males, like immature females, the rufous nuchal 

 collar is well developed at first, but as age increases it gradually 

 disappears, together with the rufous bars in the plumage of the 

 upper parts. Iris white ; bill blackish, base yellow ; legs light 

 greenish yellow. 



A quite young hird resembles T. taigoor of the same age, but the 

 plumage of the upper parts is darker. 



Hab. Philippine Islands, Palawan. 



Manilla, Luzon, Philippine Tweeddale Coll. 



Is., Aug. {Maitland 



Heriot). 

 Lagima de Bai, Nov. {A. 



S. Everett). 

 Monte Alban, Feb., March 



(A. S. Everett). 

 Zebu, April {A.H.Everett). 



(Types of Turnix mc/rescens, Tweedd.) 

 SanAntonio,Negros,March Steere Expedition. 



(E. L. Moseley). 

 Dumaguete, Negi'os, Feb. 



{E. L. Moseley). 

 Palawan, July. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Steere J^xpedition. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Turnix rufilatus. 



Tui'nix fasciatus, Gould {nee Temm^, Birds of Asia, xii. pi. 11 (1861) 



[Celebes]. 

 TiirnLx rufilatus, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 480 [Celebes] ; Grant, Ibis, 



1889, pp. 449, 460. 

 Turnix ruiilata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 270, no. 9737 (1870). 



Adult female. General tone above warm brown, greyish on the 

 mantle, and inclining to rufous on the rump, each feather vermicu- 

 lated with black, and some in the middle of the back and scapulars 

 with a subterminal black blotch. Feathers of the top of the head 

 black margined with rusty brown ; lores black ; superciliary stripe 

 and sides of the head white and black. Chin, throat, chest, and 

 breast white barred with black : middle of belly whitish bufE ; sides 

 of belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts rusty buff. Wings and 

 wing-coverts as in T. taigoor, but the outer primary only is edged 

 with whitish buff. Bill and feet pale greenish yellow. Total length 

 6'6 inches, wing 8"6, tail I'3, tarsus 1*1. 



A nearly adult femcde differs from the above in having the lower 

 part of the back more rufous and the black markings coarser, the 

 feathers in the middle of the back and the scapulars ornamented 

 with large subterminal blotches, the sides margined with white, 

 and the bill not so large and strong. 



Adult male. Resembles the nearly adult female, but there is rather 

 more rust-colour intermixed with the scapulars, and the chin and 

 middle of tho throat are white. Bill and feet greenish yeUow. 

 Total length 5*6 inches, wing 3-4, tail 1-1, tarsus 0-95, 



Hob. Celebes. 



