TIIREE-TOED OR BUSTARD-QUAILS. 2o I 



Eange. — Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 



Habits. — The late Mr. W. R. Davison writes : — '' This Quail is 

 very rare in the Andamans, where I only once saw it, but at the 

 Nicobars, at least on Camoi ta Island, it is not uncommon, fre- 

 quenting the long grass, occasionally straying into gardens, &c. 

 I have never seen them in coveys, but have found them usually 

 in pairs, sometimes singly ; they are difficult to get, as they 

 wmU not rise without being almost trodden on. When they do 

 rise, they only fly such a short distance that it would be im- 

 possible to Hre without blowing them to piece:,, and then they 

 drop again into the long grass, from which it is almost im- 

 possible to flush them a second time. I have found them most 

 numerous in the large grassy tracts in the inteiior of Camorta." 



d\ Shoulder -feathers edged with goldendniff, 

 xiii. temminck's bustard-quail, turnix maculosa. 



Hemipodiiis ??iacuIosus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 631, 757 



(1815). 

 Turnix vuuulatus, Vieill. Gal. des Gis. ii. p. 51, pi. 217 (1825) 



[adult female]. 

 Ilemipodius juelanoius, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 84 (1848). 

 Turnix beccarii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 675 



{1875). 

 lurnix maculosa^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



546 (1893). 



Adult Male.— Like the female, but there is no trace of a 

 rufous nuchal collar. Total length, 5T inches; wing, 28; 

 tail, 1*2 ; tarsus, o-8. 



Adult Female. — Like the female of T. bhmfordi, but at once 

 distinguished by the golden buff or straiv-coloured edges to the 

 shoulderfeathers (scapulars) ; there is also more rufous in the 

 plumage of the upper-parts below the rufous nuchal collar; 



