TURNICIN^. 5D5 



the males, and the brightest coloured, as well as the boldest. They 

 live chiefly in bushy jungles with grass. 



832. Turnix taigoor, Sykes. 



Hemipodius, apud Sykes, Cat, 164 (the male) and H. pugnax, 

 Cat. 163 (the female) — Trans. Zool. Soc. 2, pi. (the male) — Bcng. 

 Sport. Mag. 1836, pi. 1. f. 8.— Jerdon, Cat. 268 and 269— T. 

 ocellatus, apud Blyth, Cat. 1526, (rufous variety from S. India, 

 and small variety from Bengal) — T. rufa, Bonap. ex. Blyth — T. 

 bengalensis, Blyth — Gulu and Gundlu, H. in the South — Salui 

 gundru, H. in the N. W. P. — Puredi, Tel. i. e. the bold one, (the 

 female) Koladii, Tel , i. e. of no spirit, (the male) — Kurung kadeh, 

 Tarn, (the female), An-kadeh (the male) — Black quail of some 

 Sportsmen. 



The Black-breasted Bustard-quail. 



Descr. — The female is rufous above, with transverse black 

 lines on each feather of the back, scapulars and rump, these 

 having also yellowish white lateral margins, internally edged 

 with black ; the crown of the head rufous with a series of 

 black and white feathers, appearing as white spots set off 

 with black, along the medial line ; another and broader series 

 over each eye ; a third bordering the throat, which, with the middle 

 of the foreneck to the commencement of the breast, (together with 

 the more conspicuous feathers of the wings) is fulvous white, with 

 tolerably broad black cross-bars ; below the breast, light but 

 bright ferruginous. 



Bill dark slaty; irides pale yellow; legs plumbeous. Length 

 about 6^ inches ; wing 3^ ; tarsus -/-^g ; bill at front ^. Weight 

 2^ oz. or a trifle more. 



The male bird differs in wanting the black on the throat and 

 neck, tlie chin and throat being whitish; the markings on the head 

 are whitish yellow without black specks ; the throat and breast are 

 faintly banded ; and the whole tone of plumage is lighter and less 

 pronounced than in the female. Length not quite 6 inches. 

 Weight If to 2 oz. 



It will be seen from the name I have adopted and the synonyms, 

 that I do not consider this bird to be the same as the Burmese, 



