18 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
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Size small, the largest Philippine species under 200 mm. in length, the 
others much smaller. Birds of this family resemble /xcalfactoria in 
general form but may be recognized by their lack of a hind toe. They 
are usually found in grassy plains. The flight is rapid but of short dura- 
tion; the birds get up at one’s feet but seldom flush a second time. The 
nest is placed on the ground beneath a tuft of grass; eggs, three or four, 
spotted with brown. 
Genus TURNIX Bonnaterre, 1790. 
Characters same as those given for the Family. 
Species. 
a, Breast without chestnut or rusty buff, heavily cross-barred with black. 
fasciata (p. 18) 
a*. Breast chestnut or rusty buff, without black cross-bars. 
bt. Larger; wing more than 80 mm.; breast rich chestnut; chin white ( @), or 
black (9), or white spotted with black (young) ................ ocellata (p. 20) 
vb? Smaller; wing less than 80 mm.; breast rusty buff; chin whitish, never 
black nor mixed with black. 
c. Bill more slender, depth at angle of gonys, 4 mm. or less. 
d@', Smaller; wing, 57 to 60; tarsus, 16.5 to 18 mm........ whiteheadi (p. 20) 
d*, Larger; wing, 65.5 or more; tarsus, 19 mm. or more. 
e1. Larger; wing, 67 mm.; upper parts lighter-................ suluensis (p. 21) 
e. Smaller; wing, 65.5 mm.; upper parts darker.......... celestinoi (p. 22) 
ce’. Bill stouter, depth at angle of gonys, 5.8 mm...............-.... worcesteri (p. 23) 
5. TURNIX FASCIATA (Temminck). 
PHILIPPINE BUTTON QUAIL. 
Hemipodius fasciatus TEMMINCK, Pig. et Gall. (1815), 3, 654, 757. 
Turnix fasciata GRANT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 22, 535; SHARPE, 
Hand-List (1899), 1, 48; OATES, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 70; Mc- 
GreGor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 8. 
Turnie nigrescens TWEEDDALE, Proce. Zool. Soe. (1877), 765. 
Turnia haynaldi Buastus, Ornis (1888), 4, 317. 
Pu-gong daan, Manila; tic-ti’-co, Calapan, Mindoro. 
Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Cebu (Hverett, Bourns & Worcester) ; 
Luzon (Everett, Heriot, Whitehead, McGregor, Mearns); Masbate (Bourns & 
Worcester); Mindoro (McGregor, Porter); Negros (Steere Exp.); Palawan 
(Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Bourns 
é& Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester). 
Adult male.—Above blackish brown; feathers of back largely black 
with white or buff margins; in some specimens the margins largely 
rufous; chin and throat white; breast and sides light buff with clear-cut, 
subterminal, black cross-bars; abdomen and belly dirty white; flanks and 
