272 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY, 
species. I have at different times kept these little birds alive, 
and sent them to England, and they are easily reconciled to 
captivity, becoming very tame and confiding pets; at times 
they coo in a moaning way, whence their trivial Spanish name 
of zoriZ/o or little bull. They also have another single note, 
much like that of the female Quail, but less loud.” 
Nest.—A slight hollow in the ground, scantily lined with dry 
grass and sheltered by a bush, &c. 
Eggs.—F our in number; broad ovals; ground colour, dirty 
white, thickly spotted and blotched with reddish-brown, dark 
brown, and greyish-lilac; average measurement, 1'1 by 0°8 
inch. 
SUB-SP. A. SMITH’S BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX LEPURANA. 
Ortysis lepurana, Smith, Rep. Exp. Centr. Afr. App.p.55 (1836). 
Hemipodius lepurana, Smith, Illustr. Zool. S. Afr pl. xvi. (1838). 
Turnix lepurana, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, xxii. p. 539 
(1893). 
Adult Male and Female.—Differ from Z. sylvatica only in being 
smaller. 
Male—Total length, 5 inches ; wing, 2°9; tail, 1°5; tarsus, 
08. 
Female—Total length, 5:7 inches; wing, 3°2; tail, 177; 
tarsus, O°9. 
Range.—Africa south of about 13° north latitude ; recertly 
obtained at Aden. 
Habits.—No doubt the habits of this species are very similar 
to those of Z. sylvatica. Mr.C. J. Andersson writes :—‘ This 
species is not uncommon in Great Namaqua Land during the 
rainy season ; but I have never found many of these birds to- 
gether, and it is rarely that more than one of them is flushed 
ata time. ‘Their favourite resorts are rank grassy spots in the 
neighbourhood of temporary rain-pools and periodical water- 
courses ; here they run about with great celerity, and, when 
