538 



TTTENICID^. 



Tumix gibraltariensis, v. Homeyer, J. f. O. 1862, p. 420. 



Turnix sylvatica, Brake, Ibis, 1867, p. 428 [Tangier and E. Morocco] ; 



Smith, Ibis, 1868, p. 450 [Portugal] ; Doderl. Avifaun. Mod. ^ Sicil. 



p. 168 (1869-71) ; Gray, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 270," no. 9729 (1870) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 224 [S. Spain] ; Gurney, IJjis, 1871, p. 296 ; 



Heu^l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 909 (1873) ; Lilford, Ibis, 1875, pp. 21, 



24 [Sicily]; Irby,Orh.Gibraltar,-p. 139 (1875); Dresser, B. Europe, 



Tii. p. 249, pi. 494 (1876) ; Giglioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 207; Saund. 



ed. YarreU's Brit. B. iii. p. 131 (1882-84) ; Chajmian, Ibis, 1884, 



p. 93 [S. Spain] ; Reid, Ibis, 1885, p. 251 [near Tangier] ; Salvad. 



El. Ucc. Ital. p. 202 (1887) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 381 [S. Portugal] ; 



Koenig, J.f. O. 1888, p. 255 [Tunis] ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 450, 



462. 



Adult female. General colour above dull light red, the feathers of 

 the top of the head, hack, rump, upper tail-coverts, tail, and scapulars 

 barred and margined internally with black, externally with white or 

 grey, giving the back a scaly appearance, which is often increased by 

 the pattern of black and dull light red following the shape of the 

 feathers instead of crossing them transversely ; a white band down 

 the middle of the head ; lores, superciliary stripes, and sides of the 

 head and neck white tipped with black. Primaries, primary-coverts, 

 and secondaries brownish black, the outer web of all edged and in 

 the outer secondaries also vermieulated with buff and spotted with 

 white ; rest of the wing-coverts dull light red, obliquely barred on 

 the outer or both webs with black and white. Chia and middle of 

 throat white ; sides of the chest and breast whitish buff, each 

 feather with a heart-shaped subterminal black spot ; centre of the 

 chest bright rust-colour, paler on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; 

 rest of underparts whitish buff. Centre pair of tail-feathers 

 elongate and pointed. Total length 7 inches, wing 3*7, tail 1-8, 

 tarsus 0"9. 



Adult male. Differs from the female only in being somewhat paler 

 on the underparts and in the scale-like marking on the feathers of 

 the upper parts extending right over the nape to the back of the 

 head. In the female the nape is nearly uniform dull light red. 

 Total length 6 inches, wing 3-1, tail 1'5, tarsus 0-85. 



An immature female has the general paler colour of the male, but 

 differs in having the wing-coverts pale rufous buff irregularly barred 

 with black and spotted on the edge of the outer web with white. 



Hah. S. Europe and N. Africa. 



a, b. 2 ad. sk. 



c, d. (^2 ad. sk. 

 e-g. c? 5 ad. sk. 



et imm. at. 

 h, i. 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 h. ? ad. St. 



Malaga, Spain, June {H. 



Saunders). 

 Gibraltar, Feb. 

 Algeria. 



Biskra, Algeria {Loclie). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Lt.-Col. Irby[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 



SheUey CoD. 



Vernon Harcourt, 

 Esq. [P.], 



