THREE-TOED OR BUSTARD-QUAILS. 275 
yellowish stone-coloured ground, minutely freckled all over with 
specks of yellowish and greyish-brown, overlaid with somewhat 
larger streaks, spots, and mottlings of dark earthy brown, 
varying in shade in different eggs. Small spots or clouds of 
small inky purple are usually scattered amidst the other mark- 
ings.” (A. O. Hume). Average measurements, 0°76 by 0°67 inch. 
VII. THE AFRICAN BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX NANA. 
Hemipodius nanus, Sundevall, Cifv. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 
Stockh. 1850, p. Ifo. 
Turnix nana, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxil. p. 541 
(1893). 
Adult Male and Female.——Easily distinguished from the preced- 
ing species by having the feathers on the sides of the breast 
transversely barred with black and white at the extremity. The 
male is smaller (wing, 2°9 inches) and less brightly coloured 
than the female; the black and white bars on the sides of the 
breast are more extended, and not confined to the outer row of 
feathers. Total length of female, 5°8 inches; wing, 3°2; tail, 
1°5; tarsus, o°9. 
Range.—Africa, south of about 10% S. lat. to the Great 
Karroo. 
VIII. THE SOUTH AFRICAN BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 
HOTTENTOTTA, 
Hemipodius hottentottus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. il. pp. 636, 757 
(1815.) 
Turnix hottentotta, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
542 (1893). 
Adult Female—Much like 7: zana, but most of the feathers 
of the middle of the breast and belly having a round black spot near 
the extremity. Total length, 6°6 inches; wing, 3°4; tail, 1°7; 
tarsus, 0°95. 
