1. rtJENIX. 



545 



brown, remainder orange-yellow ; legs and feet pale orange-yellow 

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



Immature birds of both sexes resemble each other, and can only 

 be distinguished from those of T. hlanfordi by their smaller size. 



Hub. Peninsula of India and east of the Bay of Bengal as far as 

 Tipperah. 



a. $ ad. sk. 



b. $ ad. sk. 



c. d. 2 ad. et imm. 

 sk. 



e-i. c? 2 ad. et nr. 



ad. sk. 

 k, I. 2 imm. sk. 

 m, n. <S ad. et 2 



inmi. sk. 

 o,p. (J 2 ^^- sk- 

 q. (S imm. sk. 

 r. (S ad. sk. 

 s. 2 ur. ad. sk. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 

 u. (S imm. sk. 

 V, w. cS ad. et 2 



imm. sk. 

 .r. cJ imm. sk. 



d' imm. sk. 



2 ad. sk. 

 2 ad. sk. 



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Tipperah. 



Bhotan Dears, April. 



Nat. Sikkim, Mar., June 



(L. Mandelli). 

 Nepal. 



Allahabad, Dec. 

 Kumaon, May. 



Punjab, Feb. & March. 



N.W. India. 



Deesa, July {E. A . Butler). 



Kamptee. 



Poonah. 



C. India. 



Raipur. 



Madras. 



W ynaadjIMay ( W.Davison) . 



India. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Capt. S. Pinwill [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Dr. R. B. Hinde [P.]. 



Colonel Sturt [P.]. 



Gould CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 



11. Turnix albiventris. 



Turnix albiventris, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 310 (1873) [Andamans] ; 



Hume Sf Marsh. Game B. ii. p. 199, pi. (1879) ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, 



pp. 451, 452, 467. 

 Turnix ioudera, Ilodgs. ?, albiventris, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 281 (1874) 



[Nicobai-s], iv. pp. 279, 293 (1876). 



Adidt female. Differs from both T. blanfordi and T. tanhi in 

 retaining the rufous in the feathers of the back and in having the 

 nuchal collar much wider and of a deeper rufous. It resembles 

 the former in having the upper parts blotched and vermiculated 

 with black, and the latter in its size and the markings of the top of 

 the head. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 3-2, tail 1-2, tarsus O'U. 



Adult male. Scarcely diflcrs in plumage from the male of T. blan- 

 fordi, the only apparent character being that some of the dorsal 

 feathers are intermixed with rufous. Total length 53 inches, 

 wing 3, tail 1"1, tarsus 0-85. 



Immature birds of both sexes resemble one another, and cannot 

 be distinguished from the immature of T. tanJci. 



Quite younr/ specimens have the plumage like that of the 

 immature, but paler, and the sides of the neck and chest and 

 the lesser and median wing-coverts are tipped with white. 



Hab. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

 TOL. xxii. 2 N 



