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^. Shoulder - feathers not edged with 

 golden-buff. (Females with a well- 

 defined rufous collar; males with- 

 out) (species loto 12, pp. 277-280). 



^\ Shoulder-feathers edged with golden- 

 buff (species 13 to 15, pp. 281-282). 



C. Neck and breast uniform bright rufous; upper tail- 

 coverts very long, entirely covering the true tail 

 (species 16, p. 283). 



II. Leg (metatarsus) equal to or shorter than the middle 

 toe and claw. Bill very stout in some species (species 17 

 to 22, pp. 284-289). 



I. Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. 



A. Entire breast transversely barred with black ; belly 

 i??i?7iaculate ; sexes different in plui7iage ; 77iiddle of 

 chi7i and throat blacky or barred with black in the 

 fe77iales, white in the 77iales, 



I. THE BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX TAIGOOR. 



HeTnipodius taigoor, Sykes, P. Z S. 1832, p. 155 ; id. Trans. Z. 



S. ii. p. 23, pi. iv. (1841). 

 He7nipodius plu77ibipes, Hodgson, Bengal Sport. Mag. May, 



1837, P- 346. 

 Tur7iix ocellatus, Jerdon {7iec Scop.), B. Ind. ii. p. 597 (1864). 

 Tu7-nix taigoor, Jerdon, B. India, ii. p. 595 (1864) ; Hume & 



Marshall, Game Birds of Ind. ii. p. 169, pi. (1879) ; Gates, 



ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs, Ind. B. iii. p. 367 (1890); 



Ggilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 531 (1893). 

 Turnix rostrata, Swinhoe, Ibis. 1865, p. 543. 

 Areoturnix blakistoni, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 401. 

 Turnix plumbipes^ Hume & Marshall, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 



177, pi. (1879). 



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



