92 TINAMID^E. 



back ; scapulars with a few white spots or edgings to the feathers ; wing 

 coverts pale earthy brown, the tips broadly Avhite, each with a dark ocelli in 

 the centre ; primaries pale earthy brown, narrowly edged with pale white ; 

 chin and upper throat white ; middle of breast ferruginous, the sides of the 

 breast like the scapulars, with white tipped feathers, in the middle of which is 

 a dark spot ; under parts ferruginous ; vent whitish. 



Length. — 5' 5 to 6 inches ; wing 275 ; bill at front 0-43, 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, Kutch, 

 Guzerat, Deccan, South India } Kutch, Kattiawar, N. Guzerat, Rajputana and 

 Punjab during the rains ; rare in the Deccan and sparingly distributed in 

 Bengal ; affects chiefly large open grassy plains ; occurs also in South 

 Travancore, and probably in Ceylon. 



118. Turnix Dnssumieri (T'mw.), Bijih, Ibis, iS6-j, p. i6i; 



Hume, Nesls and Eggs lud. £. ^. ~;^6] David et Oiisi. Ois. Chine, p. 397; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. l!i ; Hume and ]\fars/i., Game Birds ii. p. 193, pi ; 

 Oales, Sir. F. x, p. 237; id., B.Br. ^//rw. ii. p. 336; Murray, Avif. 

 Brit. Jnd.\\. p. S70, No. 1241. Hemipodius Dussuinieri, Temm., PL Col. 

 454, fig. 2. Hemipodius Sykesi, Smith, III. S. Afr. Zool. Aves. Sub. tab xvi. ; 

 31urray, Hdbk., Zool., ^-c, Sind, p. 2O4 ; id.. Vert. Zool., Sind., p. 217. — 

 The Little Button Quail, 



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

 yellowish stripe ; supercilium pale white or yellowish white ; back and 

 scapulars chestnut brown, the feathers with fine dark transverse stride 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 ferruginous, the feathers on the sides 

 with dark spots or lunules ; abdomen whitish. 



Length. — 5 to 5" 5 inches ; wing 2*75 ; irides light yellow ; legs and feet pale 

 fleshy. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, Kutch, 

 Guzerat, and the Concan during the monsoon, in grassy plains or cultivated 

 fields. In the Deccan it is very numerous and difficult to flush from the 

 fields of pulse which it affects. Said to breed in the Himalayas and N.-W. 

 India. 



119. Turnix maculosa {Temm.), Eume, Sir. F. ii. p. 28 1 ; iii. 

 p. 179; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 452 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. iii ; 

 Hume and Marsh., Game Birds ii, p. 183, pi. ; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 196; 

 Oates, Str. F. x. p, 236; /(/., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 335 ; Murray, Avif. Brit. 

 /«</. ii. p. 570, No. 1242. Hemipodius maculosus, Te?nm., Pig. et Gall. 

 iii. p. 631. Turnix maculatus, Vieill., Noiiv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxv. p. 



