542 



TtTRNICID^. 



one have the tips black and white. Iris grey ; upper mandible 

 brown; lower one and the ^egs flesh-colour. Total length 5 inches, 

 wing 2-9, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-9, 



In a quite young specimen the whole of the underparts are white, 

 except on the breast, where here and there the buff of the adult is 

 just beginning to appear. The whole of the chest and breast is 

 barred with black. 



Hah. Africa south of about 10° S. lat. to the Great Karroo. 



a, b. 2 ad. sk. 

 c-f. S $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 g. S ad. sk. 

 h. $ ad. St. 



King William's Town. 

 Pinetown, Natal, March ((?. 



E. S. and T. L. Ayres). 

 Accra, Jan. 

 S. Africa. 



8. Turnix hottentotta. 



Lieut. Anstey [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley CoU. 

 Purchased. 



Hemipodius hottentottus, Temm. Pt(/. et Gall. iii. pp. 636, 757 



(1815). 

 Hottentot Quail, Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 345 (1823). 

 Turnix hottentotus, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 276 (1867). 

 Turnix hottentota, Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 375 [Swelleudam ; nests 



and eggs] ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 270, no. 9730 (1870). 

 Turnix hottentotta, Sharpens ed. LayarWs B. 8. Afr. p. 607 [part.] 



(1884) ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 451, 464. 



Adult female. Resembles the female of T. nana in plumage, but 

 most of the feathers of the middle of the breast and abdomen are 

 ornamented with a rounded subterminal black spot. Total length 

 6-6 inches, wing 3-4, tail 1*7, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult male is probably similar to the above, but the Museum 

 does not possess a specimen in which the sex has been ascertained. 



Young birds resemble the young of T. nana, but the beUy as well 

 as the breast is barred and spotted with black. 



Hab. Extreme south of the African continent south of the Great 

 Karroo. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b, c. 2 ^d. 

 imm. sk. 



d, e. 2 ^d. 



imm.. st. 

 /. 2jiiv.sk. 



et 



et 



S. Africa. 

 S. Africa. 



S. Africa. 



J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 



Piu^chased. 



Georgetown (LI. L. Layard). Shelley Coll. 



9. Turnix blanfordi. 



Tm'iiix maculatus, Vieill. [nee Hemipodius maculosus, Tem7n.), N. 



Diet, d' Hist. Nat. xxxv. p. 47 (1819) ; David ^ Oustalet, Ois. 



Chine, p. 398 (1877). 

 Turnix blaufordi, Blyth, J. As. Sac. Beng. xxxii. p. 80 (1863) 



[Thayetmyo]; id. ^ Walden Cat. Mamm. ^ B. Burma, p. 151 



(1875); Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 451, 452,466; Sty an, Ibis, 1891, 



pp. 329, 500 [Lower Yangtse basin] ; Sclat. Ibis, 1892, p. 87 ; 



de la Louche, Ibis, 1892, p. 494 [Foochow]. 

 Turnix maculosa. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 270, no. 9734 (1870) ; Hume, 



Str. F. iii. p. 179 (1875) [Kolidoo] ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 508 ; 



