i^S Allen's naturalisi's lidrarV. 



stony hills in coveys of fram fifteen to thirty in number ; when 

 disturbed, they seldom rise together, but run along the ground, 

 and it is only upon being very closely pursued that they will take 

 wing, and then they merely fly to a short distance. While run- 

 ning along the ground their heads are thrown up as high as 

 their necks will permit, and their bodies being carried very 

 erect, a waddling mo', ion is given to their gait, which is very 

 ludicrous. The stom:i' hi of those dissected were very muscu- 

 lar, and contained seeds and a large proportion of pebbles." 



Eggs. — Differ from those of all the other species. Wide 

 ovals ; ground colour white, with comparatively very few 

 rounded black dots and spots, and a few greyish under mark- 

 ings. Measurements, 1*05 by o"8 inch. 



XXL THE RUFOUS-CHESTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 

 rVRRHOTHORAX. 



Hemipodiiis pyrrhothorax^ Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 150 ; id. "D. 



Austr. V. pi. 86 (1:848). 

 I'urnix pyrrhothorax, North, Nests and Eggs B. Austr. p. 2S7 



(1889): Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 13. IJrit. Mus. xxii. p. 533 



(1893).' 

 Tiirnix /a/cogaster, North, Ibis. 1895, p. 342. 



Adult Male. — Resembles the adult/^;;/a/c, but is smaller ; the 

 rust-coloured chest not so bright. Total length, 5-2 inches; 

 wing, 2-9; tail, 1-3; tarsus, 0-75. 



Adult Female. — General colour above slone-grcy, most of tlie 

 hathers of the back with narrow cross-bars of rufous and black ; 

 feathers of the back of the neck rufous-grey with whitish-buft' 

 edges; eyebrow-stripes, sides of face and neck while, tipped with 

 /)lack ; cIksI, sides of breast and flanks rufous ; middle of the 

 throat and rest of under-parts whitish. Bill very stout. Total 

 length, 6 inches; w^ing, 3*3 ; tail, 1*4; tarsus, o'S. 



Range.— North-East, East and South Australia, extending 

 westwards to the interior. 



