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that they are chattering like a Tutu- 
ila Wiotala. 
VE‘A. 
The Bustard-Quail or Hemipodes. 
(Turnicidae taigur). 
The little bustard-cuails (Turn- 
icidae), usually included among the 
game birds, while in some respects 
they approach the pigeons, their 
affinities with the Rails are un- 
doubted. | 
There are 2I members of the 
typical genus. distributed over 
Africa, Asia, Arabia, Madagascar, 
Ge 
