282 ai.len's naturalist's library. 



the throat and breast being pale rufous. Total length, 5*8 

 inches; wing, 3*2; tail, 1-3; tarsus, 0-85. 



Iia»ge. — Northern and Eastern Australia and the interior. 

 South coast of New Guinea, and South-East Celebes. 



XIV. THE NEW BRITAIN BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX SATURATA. 



Tuniix saturata, Forbes, Ibis. 1882, p. 428, pi. xii. ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 547 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Like the female, but the chin and middle of 

 of the throat are white, and the breast rufous-buf. Total 

 length, 5-0 inches; wing, 2-9; tail, i-q; tarsus, o-8. 



Adult Female. — Differs from i\\Q female of T. maculosa in hav- 

 ing no rufous nuchal collar; the whole of the upper-parts 

 blackish-grey, with traces here and there of pale rufous and 

 buff mottlings towards the tips of the feathers ; eyebrow-stripes, 

 sides of the face, throat, and breast bright rufous. 



Range. — New Britain and the Duke of York Archipelago. 



Islr. Layard found this s[:ecies mostly in the sweet-potato 

 plantations on Mioko Island, Duke of York Archipelago. 



Eggs.— Pyriform ; olive-brown, minutely speckled all over 

 with tiny black or dark brown spots, sometimes forming 

 blotches. Measurements, I'o by 0*95 inch. 



XV. Wallace's bustard-quail. turnix rufescens. 

 Turnix rufescens, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 497; Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxh. p. 547 (1893). 

 NearlyAdult Male!— The only known example of this species 

 is the type specimen in the British Museum. The sex is not 

 indicated, but it appears to be a nearly adult male. It resembles 

 T. maculosa in having the general colour of the upper-parts 

 greyish-brown ; but like T. saturata the breast is rufous. It is 

 impossible without additional specimens and adult females to 



