1. TtTRNIX. 



541 



n-u. (S $ ad. sk. 



V, w. Imm. sk. 

 X. 2 ad. sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. 



s-b'. c? 2 ad. sk. 



c', d'. (S 2 ad. sk. 

 e'-g'. (S 2 ^■il' sk. 



A'-^'. c? 2 ad. sk. 



I'. 2 ad. sk. 



m', n'. cj 2 ad. sk. 

 o', p'. c? 2 ad. sk. 



q'-s'. 2 ad. sk. 

 /'. 2 ad. sk. 

 u', v. (S 2 ad. sk. 

 ^o', x'. 2 ad. sk. 

 y', z'. 2 ad. sk. 



iSullanpur, Gurgaon Dist., 

 May ( W. N. Chill). 



Simla, Oct. {A. 0. H.). 



Syi-oe, nr. Simla, Oct. 



Fiitteligurh Dist. [A. An- 

 derson). 



Etawah, Jan., July ( W. E. 

 Brooks). 



Cawnpur, April. 



Lucknow, May, Aug., Oct. 

 (G. Reid). 



Nepal. 



East Burdwan, Pel). [It. C. 

 Beavan). 



Central Provinces, Jan., Dec. 



Seoni Dist., Central Pro- 

 vinces. 



Raipur Dist. 



Sumbulpm- Dist., Dec. 



Madras. 



Pegu, July. 



Takow, Formosa, Dec. {R. 

 Sivinhoe). 



Ilumo Cull. 



Ilume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Tweeddale Coll, 



Hume Coll. 

 Ilume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 E.W.Oates,Esq.rC.]. 

 Tweeddale and bee- 

 bohm Colls. 



7. Turnix nana. 



Hemipodius nanus, Sundevall, CEfo. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 1850, 

 ^ p. 110. 



Tumix liottentota, Shelley (nee Temm.), Ibis, 1875, p. 85 [A'atal], 

 Tumix hottentotta, Sharpes ed. Latjard's B. S. Afr. p. 007 Fpai-t.! 



(1884). 

 Tumix nana. Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 450, 463. 



Adult female. General colour above black, barred and mottled 

 with rufous, most of the feathers of the top of the head and back 

 incompletely edged with white ; rump and upper tail-coverts nearly 

 uniform black ; scapulars edged with golden buff ; rest of the head, 

 sides of the throat, chost, and upper breast bright buff, the ends of 

 the feathers along the sides of tho neck and breast regularly barred 

 with black and white. Primaries, primarj'-coverts, and secondaries 

 brownish black, the outer primaries margined on the outer web 

 with buff; rest of the wing-covcrts irregularly mixed with light 

 red, buff, and white, with a more or less regular subterminal black 

 bar and white extremity. Chin and centre of throat whitish ; 

 lower breast and belly white ; flanks and under tail-coverts buff. 

 Tail with tlie middle pair of feathers elongate and pointed and, like 

 the scapulars and upper tail-coverts, edged with golden buff. Total 

 length 5'8 inches, wing 3'2, tail l"o, tarsus GO. 



Adult nutle. llesembles the female, but the forehead is like the 

 top of the head, the superciliary stripes and sides of the head and 

 throat arc much paler than tho chest, and the black and white 

 barring on the sides of the chest and breast extends further on to 

 the chest : that is to say, two or three rows of feathers instead of 



