344 On Turnix beccarii, Salvadori. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetr.). 

 One male (heights of Tuffigar, 30th June), which is inter- 

 esting as being in the first immature plumage. 



Cypselus apus (Linn.). 



One male (Krasnovodsk, 20th April). 



Caprimulgus .egyptius, Licht. 

 One adult male (Tschat, May). 



XXXII. — Note on Turnix beccarii, Salvadori. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 



In my paper on the genus Turnix, published in the October 

 number of ' The Ibis' for 1889, I stated (p. 449) that 

 in my opinion T. beccarii, Salvad., from S.E. Celebes, was 

 identical with T. rufescens, Wallace, from the island of 

 Semao, and that the latter (see pp. 465 &468) was doubtfully 

 distinct from T. maculosa from Australia, being intermediate 

 between this species and T. saturata from New Britain ; but 

 that, as Wallace had based his species on a single specimen, 

 apparently a nearly adult male, it was impossible at present 

 to estimate its value. Through the kindness of Count Salva- 

 dori, I have just received, for examination, from Sign. Gestro 

 the types of T. beccarii, Salvadori, which are preserved in 

 the Genoa Museum, and, having now these specimens before 

 me, am in a better position to settle the question. The two 

 types, the smaller of which only is sexed ( <$ ) by the col- 

 lector, though the larger is no doubt a female, are neither of 

 them fully adult specimens, and come under the headings 

 m 2 and m 3 in my key to the species of Turnix (see p. 452) : 

 " No defined rufous collar, but most of the feathers of the 

 upper surface (especially those of the nuchal region) with a 

 patch at the extremity rufous or rufous intermixed with 

 black ; scapulars edged with golden buff." They are exactly 

 identical in plumage with specimens of the Australian 

 T. maculosa of a similar age, and differ only from them in 

 being a smaller insular race. 



