THREE-TOED OR BUSTARD-QUAILS. 281 
Range—Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 
Habits— The late Mr. W. R. Davison writes :—“ This Quail is 
very rare in the Andamans, where I only once saw it, but at the 
Nicobars, at least on Camorta Island, it is not uncommon, fre- 
quenting the long grass, occasionally straying into gardens, &c. 
I have never seen them in coveys, but have found them usually 
in pairs, sometimes singly ; they are difficult to get, as they 
will not rise without being almost trodden on. When they do 
rise, they only fly such a short distance that it would be im- 
possible to fire without blowing them to pieces, and then they 
drop again into the long grass, from which it is almost im- 
possible to flush them a second time. Ihave found them most 
numerous in the large grassy tracts in the interior of Camorta.” 
@'. Shoulder-feathers edged with solden-buff. 
XIII. TEMMINCK’S BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX MACULOSA. 
Hemipodius maculosus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. ili. pp. 631, 757 
(1815). 
Turnix maculatus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. ii. p. 51, pl. 217 (1825) 
[adult female]. 
Hemipodius melanotus, Gould, B. Austr. v. pl. 84 (1848). 
Turnix beccarit, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vil. p. 675 
(1875). 
Turnix maculosa, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 
546 (1893). 
Adult Male—Like the female, but there is no trace of a 
rufous nuchal collar. Total length, 5*1 inches; wing, 2°8; 
tail, 1'2 ; tarsus, o°8. 
Adult Female.—-Like the female of Z. blanfordi, but at once 
distinguished by the golden-buff or straw-coloured edges to the 
shoulder-feathers (scapulars) ; there is also more rufous in the 
plumage of the upper-parts below the rufous nuchal collar; 
