282 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
the throat and breast being pale rufous. Total length, 5°8 
inches; wing, 3°25 tail, 1°35 tarsus, o°3c. 
Range.—Northern and Eastern Australia and the interior. 
South coast of New Guinea, and South-East Celebes. 
XIV. THE NEW BRITAIN BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX SATURATA. 
Turnix saturata, Forbes, Ibis. 1882, p. 428, pl. xii.; Ogilvie- 
Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 547 (1893). 
Adult Male—Like the female, but the chin and middle of 
of the throat are white, and the breast r+ufous-buff. Total 
length, 5°o inches; wing, 2°9; tail, 1'0; tarsus, o°8. 
Adult Female.—Differs from the female of 7. maculosa in hav- 
ing zo rufous nuchal collar; the whole of the upper-parts 
blackish-grey, with traces here and there of pale rufous and 
buff mottlings towards the tips of the feathers ; eyebrow-stripes, 
sides of the face, ¢#vvas/, and breast bright rufous. 
Range.—New Britain and the Duke of York Archipelago. 
Mr. Layard found this species mostly in the sweet-potato 
plantations on Mioko Island, Duke of York Archipelago. 
Eges.—Pyriform ; olive-brown, minutely speckled all over 
with tiny black or dark brown spots, sometimes forming 
blotches. Measurements, 1'o by 0’95 inch. 
XV. WALLACE’S BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX RUFESCENS., 
Turnix rufescens, Wallace, P. Z. 5. 1863, p. 497; Ogilvie- 
Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 547 (1893). 
Nearly Adult Male?—The only known example of this species 
is the type specimen in the British Museum. The sex is not 
indicated, but it appears to be a nearly adult male. It resembles 
T. maculosa in having the general colour of the upper-parts 
greyish-brown ; but like Z. sa‘wrata the breast isrufous. It is 
impossible without additional specimens and adult females to 
