TUEXICID^. 



Turnix fasciata (Temm.). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 4.) 



Turnix nigre?cens, Steere, List Birds ^- Mamm. Philippines. -p. 25 (1890). 

 Turnix fasciata. Grant. Cat. Birds £. M. xxii. p. 535 (1893) ; S/iarpe, 

 Hand-l.i. 1^.48(1899). 



The eggs of the Philippine Bustard- Quail are greyish white, 

 densely covered with specks and dots of yellowish brown and small 

 blotches of pale purple. The three examples in the Collection are 

 very broad ovals and measure respectively: 1-12 by "So; 1-07 by 

 •85; 1-03 by -85. 



3. Negros, Philippine Is., 10th Nov. Steere Expedition. 



Turnix powelli, Guillem. 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 6 & 9.) 



Turnix powelli, Grnvf, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 537 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 48 (1899). 



The eggs of the Sambawa Bustard-Quail in the Collection are 

 undistinguishable from many of those of Turnix pur/nax. They 

 are broad ovals and measure respectively : 1"01 by '8 ; l-O'S bv -8:^ : 

 •95 by -8. 



3. Alor Isl., Lesser Sunda Is., April. A. II. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



