EUPODOTIS. 217 



Length. — 5".5 to G inches, wing 2*75, bill at front 0'43. 



ILih. — Siud, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudli, Bengal, Rajputana, 

 ivutch, Guzerat, Deccan, South India; Katch, Kattiawar, N. Gruzei"at, 

 Rajputana and Punjab during the rains; rare in the Deccan and 

 sparingly distributed in Bengal ; affects chiefly large open grassy plains ; 

 occurs also iu South Travancore, and probably in Ceylon. 



Tlirnix dussumieri, Tem. P. G. 454, 2; Gould. B. As. pi. ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. in. p. GOO, No. 835 ; Mwrraij, IldhJc, ZooL, c^'c, Sind, p. 204. 

 Turnix variabilis, Ilodgs. Beng. Sport. Mag. 1837, p. 347. {Chota 

 Buttaijr, Sind.) — The Little Button Quail. 



Male. — Head brown, barred with black, and with a central longi- 

 tudinal yellowish stripe; supercilimn pale white or yellowish white; 

 back and scapulars chestnut brown, the feathers with fine dark transverse 

 strife, and' edged with yellowish white; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 dark brown, closely barred with black, the feathers with whitish edges ; 

 throat white, with a few dark spots on the sides ; breast pale ferru- 

 ginous, the feathers on the sides with dark spots or lunules ; abdomen 

 whitish. 



Length. — 5 to 5*5 inches, wing 2"75, iridos light yellow, legs and feet 

 pale fleshy. 



Rah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, 

 Kutch, Guzerat, and the Ooncan daring the monsoon, in grassy plains 

 or cultivated fields. In the Deccan it is very numerous and diliicult 

 to flush from the fields of pulse which it affects. Said to breed in 

 the Himalayas and N. W. India. 



ORDER, GRALL^E,— Waders or Shoee Birds. 



Tarsi long, rounded ; tibia bare to a greater or less extent; hind toe 

 imperfect in most ; wings long, 



Trib e, PRESSIROSTRES.— Cz<i;i€r. 



Hind toe small or moderate ; bill depressed at base, and rather 

 compressed on the sides. 



Family, OTITID^E. 



Bill compressed, the tip scooped, and slightly curved ; nostrils in a 

 membranous groove, partially .closed ; wing, 2nd to 4th quills longest; 

 tertials nearly as long as the primaries. 



Gen. Eupodotis. — Less. 



Bill long, pointed, straight, the tip curved; legs long and strong; 

 male with a pouch ; wings ample. 



Eupodotis edwardsi, Gray, III. Ind. ZooL pi. 59; Gould. C. B. 

 pi. 72; Jcrdon, B. bid. iii. p. G07; Murray, lldhh., ZooL, Sj'c, Sind, 

 p. 204. {Tohdar, Sind.) — The Indian Bustakd. 



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