554 TTTRNICID^. 



T. pyrrlwiliorax except that in the most mature specimens the top 

 of the head and nape are uniform light red, the former without (or 

 ■with only a few) black feathers and the latter without the white 

 lateral margins. The sides of the head and chest are dull rufous, 

 and the chin, throat, breast, and rest of underparts white. Bill very- 

 strong. Total length 5-5 inches, wing 3-3, tail 1'2, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult male. Eesembles the female. Total length 5'5 inches, 

 wing 2-9, taU 1-2, tarsus 0-6. 



Immature specimens have the outer webs of the primaries mottled 

 with rufous, those of the secondaries edged and toothed with white, 

 and the markings on the upper parts less regular than in the adult. 



Hah. Australia. 



a. 2 ad. sk. S. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



6-c. d" ad. et $ N. S. AVales. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Yarrundi, Hunter E. {J. Eyton Coll. 



GoiJd). 



e,f. 2 ad. st. Yarrundi, Hunter K. Gould Coll. 



g, h. 5 ad. et S. Australia. Sir G. Grey, [P.]. 



juv. sk. 



i, k. S ad. et 5 Mt. Gambier, S. Austraha. Gould Coll. 



imm. sk. 



/. Imm. St. Mokai, Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. PEDIONOMUS. 



Type. 



Pedionomus, Gorki, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 114 P. torquatus. 



Turnicigralla, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 276 P. torquatus. 



Hallux present. 



Range. Australia : N. S. Wales, Victoria, S. Australia, and the 

 Interior. 



1. Pedionomus torquatus. 



Pedionomus torquatus, Govld, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 114 [Interior of S. 



Australia] ; id.B.Austr. v. pi. 80 (1848J; id.Handb. B. Austr.u. 



p. 187 (1865) ; Dujgles, B. Austr. ii. pt. sv. pi. 195 (1867) ; Zeffffe, 



P. Z. S. 1869, p. 236 ; Gray, Ha7id-l B. ii. p. 271, no. 9753 (1870) ; 



Ramsay, Tab. Lid Austr. B. p. 19 (1888) ; North, N. 4- E. B. 



Austr. p. 288 (1889) : Gadow, Rec. Austr. Mus. 1. p. 205 (1891). 

 Pedionomus microurus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 20 [Interior of S. 



Australia]. 

 Turnix gouldiana (Des Murs), Bonap. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 881 



(1856). 



Adult female. General colour above brown, finely barred with black ; 

 a black and white collar surrounds the neck, each feather black with 

 a white patch at the extremity of either web ; nape and upper part of 

 the chest rust-colour. Most of the feathers of the top of the head, 

 back, and scapulars are margined with whitish buif and have the 



