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Tuniix 7ir^rescefis, Twecddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 765. 

 Turnix /layjia/di, Blasiiis, Ornis. iv. p. 317 (1888). 

 Tur?iix fasciata^ Ogilvic-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 535 

 (1893). 

 Adult Male. — Chin and throat whife, narrowly edged with 

 black on the sides only ; chest barred with black and iutff ; no 

 rufous nuchal collar contrast ing with the colour of the back 

 and upper parts, which resemble those of the female. Total 

 length, 5*2 inches; wing, 3 ; tail, I'l ; tarsus, 0-9. 



Adult Pemale. — Chin and throat black ; but may be dis- 

 tinguished from the females of the two previously-described 

 forms by having a well-defined rufous collar round the back of 

 the neck, contrasting itn'th the colour of the back and rest of 

 the upper-parts, which are mostly black, finely mottled with 

 grey and mixed here and there with rufous. Total length, 

 6 inches; wing, 3*4; tail, I'l ; tarsus, i. 



Range. — Philippine Islands. 



III.* THE CELEBEAN BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX RUFIEATUS. 



Turnix fasciatus, Gould (;/^^- Temm.), Birds of Asia, vii. pi. 11 



(1861). 

 Turfiix rufilatus, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 480; Ogilvie- 



Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 536 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Chin and throat white, narrowly edged with 

 black on the sides only; chest barred with black and white; 

 sides of the belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts rufous. Total 

 length, 5-6 inches; wing, 3*4; tail, ri; tarsus, 0-95. 



Adult Pemale. — Chin and throat white, barred with black, like 

 the breast ; sides of the belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 rufous , general colour above v;arm brown, greyish on the 

 mantle, and inclinmg to rufous on the rump, all finely mottled 

 with black ; wings as m T. taigoor. Total length, d'd inches ; 

 wing, 3'6; tail, 1-3; tarsus, i*i. 



Eange. — Confined to the island of Celebes. 



