1. TTTRinx. 547 



h, i. S $ a<l- sk- Somerset, Cape York {J. F. Tweeddale and Gould 



CockereU Sf J. Thorpe) . Colls. 



k. 5 imm. sk. Booby Island. ' Challen;Ter ' Exp. 



I, m. (S $ imm. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



13. Turnix saturata. 



Turnix melanotus, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 302 [Mioko I., Duke of 

 York Group]; Fiiisch, Vog. Siidsee, p. 20 (ISSl). 



Turnix sp., Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 539 [New Britain], 



Turnix melauouota, Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 9 (1882) 

 [piu-t.] ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 258 (1882) [part.]. 



Turnix satui'ata, Forbes, Ibis, 1882, p. 428, pi. xii. ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mils. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 430 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 564 

 (1882); G/-rt««, 76w, 1889, pp. 452, 469 ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Pap, 

 pt. iii. p. 195 (1891). 



Adult female. Differs from T. maculosa in having no rufous 

 nuchal collar, the whole of the upper parts being blackish grey 

 with traces hero and there towards the ends of the feathers of 

 vermiculatious of pale rufous and buff ; the scapulars widely edged 

 with golden buff; and the sides of the face, superciliaries, throat, and 

 chest bright rufous. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 3"3, tail 1*2, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Adult male. Differs from the female only in having the chin and 

 middle of the throat white. Total length 5 inches, wing 2-9, tail 1, 

 tarsus 0"8. 



A nesiliwj has the plumage blackish, edged on the upper parts 

 with rufous ; tho chest, wings, and upper back irregularly spotted 

 with white. 



Hah. New Britain and Duke of York Group. 



a. (S ad. sk. New Britain, Aug. (J. Klein- Tweeddale Coll. 



Schmidt) 

 b-d. S $ ad. et New Britain, June, July. J. Kleinachmidt [C.]. 



pull. sk. 

 e. $ ad. sk. Blanche Bay, New Britain. C. L. Layai-d, Esq. 



[P.]. 



14. Turnix rufescens. 



, p. 497 

 s, 1889, 



Forbes, Ibis, 1882, p. 430 ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, pp. 451, 452, 468 



The only representative of this species is the type specimen. It 

 is not sexed, but appears to bo a nearly adult male. It resembles 

 T. maculosa in the lighter colour of the hack and T. saturata in the 

 colour of the under surface. It is impossible, without more specimens 

 and adult females, to say whether it really represents a distinct species 

 or not. Total length 5-2 inches, wing 2-9, tail 1"1, tarsus 0"8. 



Uab. Island of Semao, Timor. 



a. ? cJ nr. ad. sk. I. of Semao, Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(.Type of the species.) 

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