552 TTTENTCID^. 



a-d. 2 ad. et Somerset, Cape York (J. F. Tweeddale and Salvin 



imm. sk. Cockerell §• J. Thorpe). Colls. 



e. c? ad. sk. New South Wales. Goiild Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Belmore, N. S. W. Lord Leigh [P.]. 



g. S ad. sk. Yarrundi, Himter River, Nov. Gould Coll. 



h-j. 6 2 ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



h. 2 ad. 8k. S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



I. 2 ad. sk. Melbourne. Tweeddale Coll. 



m. Pull. St. Murray Piiver, Jan. Gould Coll. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Perth, W. Australia, April. Eyton Coll. 



0, p. S ad. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. and 



Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



q. Imm. st. Australia. Gould Coll. 



r. 2 ad. sk. [Australia.] Tweeddale Coll. 



s. Pull. st. Hohart Town, Tasmania, Dec. 



t. (S ad, sk. New Caledonia *. Tweeddale CoU. 



19. Turnix castanonota. 



Hemipodius castanotus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 145 [N.W. Australia]; 



id. Birds of Austr. v. pi. 85 (1848). 

 Turnix castanotus, Gould, Handh. B. Austr. ii. p. 183 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, Tah. List Austr. B. p. 18 (1888) [N. Australia]. 

 Turnix castanota. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 270, no. 9746 (1870). 

 Turnix castanonota, Grant, His, 1889, pp. 453, 474. 



Adult female. General colour vinaceous red ; a dark grey band 

 down the middle of the head ; sides of the head like the upper parts 

 of the body. Lores, superciliary stripes, and sides of the face white 

 tipped with black ; nape spotted with white ; most of the feathers 

 of the upper back and scapulars edged laterally with black and 

 white bands and some of them blotched with blackish towards the 

 extremity ; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail vinaceous 

 red. Primaries, secondaries, and primary-coverts brownish, the 

 outer primaries margined with whitish ; rest of the wing-coverts 

 light red, ornamented with one or more rounded black and white 

 ocelli. Chin and throat white, with pure white shafts ; middle of 

 chest and breast greyish buff, some of the feathers with whitish 

 shaft-stripes ; sides light red, with irregularly-shaped white black- 

 edged ocelli ; rest of the underparts whitish buff. Bill very strong. 

 Total length 6 inches, wing 3'6, tail 1"5, tar.sus 0*9. 



Adult male. Resembles the female, but is somewhat smaller. 



Hah. N. Australia. 



a. 2 Jii'- ad. sk. Port Essington, N. Australia. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Port Essington, N. Australia, Capt. Chambers, R.N. 



. W:'Bai 



c, c? ad. sk, Adelaide River, Oct, P. Vf. Bassett Smith, 



Esq, [P,]. 



* T. varia is said to have been introduced from Australia, but this specimen 

 probably represents a distinct, though closely allied species. It differs in 

 having most of the feathers of the rump, as well as those of the upper surface, 

 almost entirely black, margined with whitish or buff. It is also a smaller bird 

 than the male of T. varia, its wing being 3'3 inches instead of 3*6-3"7. In the 

 index to the ' Ibis ' for 1889 this specimen is named Turnix 9wvce caledonite. 



