TCRXIX, 73 



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

 raitnitely and closely speckled with reddish brown, pale purple and 

 dark brown. Some are, in addition, marked with small blotches of 

 very dark brown or black. These markings are equally distributed 

 over the egg and are for the most part distinct and well-dehued. 

 The eggs are pyriform, and measure from 1-12 to 1-3 in length, and 

 from -88 to -95 in breadth. 



Turnix castanonota {Gould). 



I'erdix (Hemipodius) castanotus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Viig. p. y4, 



tab. xii. tig. 7 (1845-54). 

 Turnix castanotus, Gould, Handb. Birds A/isti: ii. p. 183 (1865). 

 Turnix castanonota, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. sxii. p. 552 (1893) ; Sluayje, 



Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-backed Bastard-Quail are quite different 

 from those of all the other species of this group, being white, 

 sparingly marked with small, distinct, round spots of pale purple and 

 black, the latter predominating. They are pyriform, and measure 

 from -95 to 1-03 in length, and from -S-t to -87 in breadth. 



1. Australia. II. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 

 7. Port Essington, N. Austi-alia. Gould Coll. 



Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 12.) 



Turnix pyrrhothorax, Gould. Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 186 (1865) ; 

 North, Xe.its ■Sf Egys Austr. Birds, p. 287 (1889); Grant, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxii. p. 553 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eufous-chested Bustard-Quail are greyish white, 

 densely marked with more or less continent specks of pale purple, 

 yellowish brown, brown and black. The two examples in the 

 Collection are very broadly pyriform, and measure respectively : •95 

 by -8; -93 by -8." 



2. River Darling, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Turnix velox {Gould). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 7.) 



Turnix velox, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 184 (1865); Camphell, 

 Nests ^ Eijijs Austr. Birds, p. 50 (1883): North, Nests ^- Eyas 

 ^Msir. jBiVd/i, p. 286 (1889) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. sxii. p. 553 

 (1893) ; Sharpe, Huud-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



