284 Lloyd's natural history. 



II. Leg {??ielafarsus) equal to or shorter than the iniddh toe 

 and daiv. Bill very stout hi some species. 



XVIL THE MADAGASCAR BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 

 NIGRICOLLIS. 



Tetrao ?itgricollis, Grael. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 767 (1788). 



Turtiix nigricollis, Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 



Madag. Ois. p. 494, pi. ccii. (1885) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 549 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Differs chiefly from the female in having the 

 feathers of the forehead black widely edged with buff; the 

 nape like the upper back ; the chin and throat ivhite ; the sides 

 of the chest washed with pale rufous ; the middle of the chest, 

 breast, and flanks buff^ all ba7'red with black; belly paler. 

 Total length, 5*5 inches; wing, 2*9; tail, 1*35 ; tarsus, o"8. 



Adult Female. — The feathers of the forehead black, barred with 

 white ; the nape dark grey ; the upper back mixed with black 

 and rufous and margined with whitish-buff; rest of upper-parts 

 mostly brownish-grey, mottled with black and rufous ; the wing- 

 coverts rufous with irregularly-shaped black and white spots ; 

 the sides of the face and neck white, tipped with black; the chin, 

 throat, and middle of the chest black, the two former bordered 

 on either side by a white stripe ; the shoulders and sides of the 

 chest bright rust-red ; the breast and belly u7iiform dove-grey. 

 Bill slender. Total length, 5*8 inches; wing, 3*3; tail, 1*4; 

 tarsus, 0*8. 



Range. — Madagascar. 



XVIII. THE BLACK-BREASTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 

 MELANOGASTER. 



Hemipodius 77ielanogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 7 ; id. B. 

 Austr. V. pi. 81 (1848). 



Tu7'7iix 77ielanogaster, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 178 

 (1865); North, Nests and Eggs B. Austr. p. 285 (1889): 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 550 (1893). 



