318 TURNICIN A. 
' The male bird differs in wanting the black on the throat and 
neck, the chin and throat being whitish; the markings on the 
head are whitish-yellow without black specks; the throat and 
breast are faintly banded; and the whole tone of plumage is 
lighter and less pronounced than in the female. 
The Indian er Black-breasted Bustard Quail is not common, 
but, with the exception of Sind, occurs more or less in all parts 
of the district. It breeds during June, July and August, . the 
nest, if it is worthy of the name, being placed in a depression, 
sheltered by a tuft of sarpat-grass or stunted bush, and is com- 
posed of a few short pieces of grass. The eggs, four in number, 
are peg-top shape, of a dirty stone color, densely freckled brown 
and yellow, with a few well defined black blotches, scattered over 
the shell, and having also a few underlying patches of inky- 
urple. 
‘ They average 0°93 inches in length by about 0°79 in breadth. 
Turnix joudera, Hodgs. 
$34.—T. dussuniert, Tem.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vo!. II, 
p. 599 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vel. IV, p. 8; Deccan, 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 424; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of 
Sind, p. 216;Game Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 187 ; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, p. 132. 
THE LARGE BUTTON QUAIL. 
Length, 5°87 to 612; expanse, 10:0 to 110; wings, 3:0 to 
3°25; tail, 112 to 15; tarsus, 08; bill from gape, 0°62 to 0°69 ; 
weight, 1,*, to 1,5, oz. 
Bill yellow, dusky on culmen and at tip ; irides yellowish-white ; 
legs deep yellow. 
Crown light brown, with blackish margins to the feathers ; 
a central stripe on the crown; the supercilia and ear-coverts 
light fulvescent ; nape bright ferruginous ; back ashy-brown, 
tending to rufous, the feathers with dark cross bars, most marked 
on the lower back and rump ; scapulars and some of the nearest 
dorsal plumes with edgings of creamy-yellow; wing-coverts 
light sandy-brown, with a small black spot near the tip which is 
margined with pale yellowish ; quills earthy-brown, the primaries 
narrowly edged with yellowish-white ; chin and upper part of 
throat white ; the rest of the lower parts ferruginous, deepest 
on the breast and upper part of the abdomen. 
The Large Button Quail is uncommon, but occurs in Sind, 
Guzerat, Rajputana, Kutch, and portions of the Deccan ; it is, 
however, very rare in the latter. It breeds during July and 
August ; the nest, composed of blades of grass, being partially 
dome-shaped, and is placed at the foot of a tuft of coarse grass, 
(I have occasionally found the nest unsheltered). The eggs, four 
in number, are peg-top shape, yellowish-white in color, thickly 
speckled, spotted, and blotched with brownish-black, and occasional 
