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Colonel Sykes then describes in detail the following species, ac- 

 companying his descriptions by observationa on their habits, and on 

 such otlier points connected with them as appear to him to be in- 

 teresting. 



Genus Coturnis. 



1. Coturnix dactylisonans , Mey. 



2. Coturnix textilis, Temm. 



3. Coturnix erythrorhyncha, Sykes, in Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. 

 Soc, Part II. p. 153.— (Pevdix, Mey.) 



4. Cotumis Argoondah, Sykes, Ibid. — (Perdix, Mey.) 



5. Coturnix Pentah, Sykes, Ibid. — (Perdix, Mey.) 



Genus Hetnipodius. 



6. Hemipodius pugnax, Temm. 



7. Hemipodius Taigoor, Sykes, Ibid., p. 155. 



8. Hemipodius Dussumier, Temm. 



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