THREE-TOED OR BUSTARD-QUAILS. 269 



Turnix ntgrescens, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 765. 



Turnix hayftaldi, Blasius, Ornis. iv. p. 317 (1888). 



Turnix fasciata^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 535 



(1893). 



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

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

 rufous nuchal collar contrasting with the colour of the back 

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

 length, 5*2 inches; wing, 3; tail, i*i; tarsus, 0-9. 



Adult Female. — Chin and throat biack ; 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 with 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 RUFILATUS. 



Turnix fasciatuSf Gould («^^ Temm.), Birds of Asia, vii. pi. 11 

 (1861). 



Turnix 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 zvhite ; 

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

 length, 5*6 inches; wing, 3*4; tail, I'l ; tarsus, 0*95. 



Adult Female. — Chin and throat white^ barred with blacky like 

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

 rufous ; general colour above warm brown, greyish on the 

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

 with black ; wings as in T taigoor. Total length, 6*6 inches; 

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



Eange. — Confined to the island of Celebes. 



