544 



TTTENICrD^. 



g-v. S $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 w. § imm. sk. 



X, 2 imm. sk. 

 y. S imm. sk. 



z, (S imm. sk. 

 a'. S imm. sk. 

 b', c'. c? 2 imm. 



sk. 

 d'. (S imm. sk. 

 e'. S imm. sk. 

 /'. 5 imm. sk. 

 g'. 5 imm. sk. 

 (S nr. ad. sk. 

 (S 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 m'. (S ad. sk. 



-/'. 



Pegu, Jau. to April {E. W. 

 Oates). 



Khykehto, Jan. ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Kolidoo, Jan. ( W. Davison). 



Thomigyeen, April (C. T. 

 Bingham.). 



Amherst, Jan. ( W. Davison). 



Mergui, Jan. {W. Davison). 



Bankasoon, April ( W. 

 Davison). 



Pakclian, Jan. ( W. Davison). 



Siam (Schojnhtirgk). 



Fokien, Sept. (H. 8winhoe). 



Hongkong. 



Shanghai, Oct. (i2. Sivinhoe). 



Chefoo, May, June {R. 

 Sivinhoe). 



S. of Mantchuria. 



10. Turnix tanki. 



Oates & Hume Colls. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. James [P.]. 



Turnix tanki {Buchanan Hamilton), Blyth, J. As. Soc. Betiq. 1843, 

 p. 180 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 161 ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 451, 452, 

 466 ; Oates, Hume's Nests ^ Eggs, iii. p. 370 (1890). 



Hemipodius joudera, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus. no. 121 ; id. in 

 Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) [Nepal]. 



Hemipodius dussumieri ? v. variabilis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 

 p. 85 (1844) ; id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus. nos. 122, 123. 



Turnix joudera. Gray, Cat. Mamm. 8f B. Nepal, p. 129 (1846) ; id. 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 131 [ $ ad.] (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 270, 

 no. 9735 (1870) ; Ball, Str. F. iv. p. 236 (1876) [Orissa] ; Butler, 

 Str. F. iv. p. 8 (1876) [N. Guzerat, Kattiawar, Cutch, Sind, 

 Jodhpm-] ; Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 225 (1876) ; Butler, Str. F. v. 

 p. 231 (1877) [Deesa] ; BaU, Str. F. vii. p. 226 (1878) [Ganges 

 to Godaveri] ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, p. 56 (1879) ; Hume ^ Marsh. 

 Game B. ii. p. 187, pi. (1879) ; Bull. Cat. B. S. Bombay, p. 70 

 (1880) ; Reid, Str. F. x. p. 64 (1881) [Lucknow]; Davidson, Str. 

 F. X. p. 318 (1882) [W. Khandeish]; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 412 

 (1883) [Wynaad] ; Sivinhoe ^- Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 132 [Central 

 India] ; Macgregor, Str. F. x. p. 441 (1887) [Belgaum] ; Terry, 

 Str. F. X. p. 479 (1887) [Palani Hills]. 



Turnix dussumieri, Jerd. {nee Temm.) B. India, ii. p. 599 (1863) ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 387 [Lower Bengal and Julpigoorie]. 



Adult female. Resembles T. hlanfordi in general appearance, but 

 may be at once distinguished by its smaller size and by having the 

 whole of the back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and scapulars uniform 

 greyish brown with fine wavy transverse bars of darker brown; 

 the feathers of the top of the head black, each with a subterminal 

 buff bar, and the rufous nuchal collar wider. Iris white ; bill, legs, 

 and feet yellow. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 3-4, tail 1-1, tarsus 

 0-85. 



Adult male. Resembles the adult female, but has no rufous nuchal 

 collar, and the transverse markings on the upper parts are coarser. 

 Iris white ; upper part of upper and tip of lower mandible dark 



