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Mr. D. Seth-Smith,



few aphides and flies, to no effect. The consequence was that, at

the age of three days one chick died, and a second followed its

example on the following day. These two, which were admirably

mounted by Mr. Charles Thorpe, of George Street, Croydon,

have enabled Mr. Gronvold to give us the figure which appears

below. In colour they were mottled brown, but without very

distinct markings. They are now reposing in the Bird Gallery

of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington.*



Turnix tanki, 4 days ot.d. Naturae size.



On May 20th, the weather having improved, the parents

and the one surviving chick, were put into a small outside

aviary in which grass was growing, and here the youngster grew

apace. At this date its plumage presented a spotted appearance,

especially on the sides, but with the exception of the black

stripe on the head, which is clearly shown in the illustration, it

presented no very conspicuous markings. O11 May 28th the

light irides of the adults were visible, the eyes having previously

appeared perfectly black. O11 June 2nd, I noticed a distinct

reddish tinge on the nape, and as I write (June 27th) this young

bird, which is a female, is equal in size to her mother, and may

now, at nearly seven weeks old, be said to be in perfectly adult



* The figures have been drawn from the mounted specimens, and are believed to be

exactly natural size, but they give an impression of a decidedly larger bird than is really

the case.—D. S.-S.



