RASORES. 



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then I have obtained other examples from the eastern and 

 northern parts of Australia; but have not obtained any in- 

 formation respecting its habits and economy. 



The female is a larger bird than the male, in which respect 

 only do the sexes differ in outward appearance. 



Crown of the head black, each feather fringed with brown 

 at the tip ; space between the bill and the eye, stripe over 

 the eye and cheeks, light yellowish brown, the feathers of the 

 latter sHghtly tipped with black; back of the neck rich 

 chestnut-red; scapularies deep chestnut-red, with a large 

 transverse black mark in the centre of each feather, and a 

 longitudinal stripe of fawn-yellow on their outer edges ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts black, each feather freckled with fine 

 markings of brown, with indistinct spots of buff on the 

 external edges of the upper tail-coverts ; greater and lesser 

 wing-coverts buff-yellow, each feather having a spot of black 

 in the centre; primaries brown; throat whitish; front of 

 the neck and chest deep buff; sides of the neck and flanks 

 light buff, with an oblong spot of black transversely disposed 

 in the centre of each feather; centre of the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts bufify white ; bill and feet brown. 



Total length 6 J inches ; bill | ; wing 3 J ; tail | ; tarsi j. 



Sp. 482. TURNIX CASTANOTUS, Gould, 

 Chestnut-backed Turnix. 



Hemipodius castanotm, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part vii. p. 145. 

 TVin-do-loom, Aborigines of Port Essington. 

 Thick-billed Quail, Colonists. 



Hemipodius castanotus, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. v. 

 pi. 85. 



The Chestnut-backed Hemipodc inhabits the northern and 

 north-western portions of Australia ; specimens from the 

 latter have been forwarded to me by Mr. Byuoe and by Mr. 



