290 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Nest.—Slightly constructed of grasses placed in a shallow 
depression of the ground, under the shelter of a small tuft of 
grass. (Gould.) 
Fzgs——Four in number; broad ovals; of a dirty white, 
either finely freckled all over or thickly blotched with mark- 
ings of reddish-brown, light brown, and slate-grey. Measure- 
ments, 0°95 by 0°75 inch. 
THE PLAIN-WANDERERS. GENUS PEDIONOMUS, 
Pedtonomus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 114. 
Type, P. torguatus, Gould. 
Distinguished from the genus Zwrnix by possessing a small 
hind toe (hallux). — 
Only one species is known. 
I. THE COLLARED PLAIN-WANDERER. PEDIONOMUS 
TORQUATUS. 
Pedionomus torquatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 114; id. B 
Austr. v. pl. 80 (1848); Diggles, B. Austr. 11. pt. xv. pl. 
195 (1867); North, Nests and Eggs B. Austr. p. 288 
(1889); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 544 
(1893). 
Pedionomus microurus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 20. 
Turnix gouldiana (Des Murs) ; Bonap. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 
881 (1856). 
(Piate XLII.) . 
Adult Male.—Differs from the fema/e in having zo rust-colout 
on the nape; the collar round the neck dug and brownish, not 
differing so conspicuously in colour from the rest of the 
plumage ; the upper-chest washed with bright buff. Total 
length, 5°8 inches ; wing, 3°4; tail, 1°25 tarsus, 0°9. 
Adult Female.— General colour above brown, finely barred 
with black ; a collar of black white-tipped feathers surrounding 
the neck; ape and upper-part of chest rust-colour ; most of 
