Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on the Genus Turnix. 469 



being exactly similar to the former in the colour of the under 

 surface^ while it resembles the latter in the lighter colour of 

 the back. 



It is impossible, from this single male specimen, to say 

 whether the species is distinct or not ; but from the differ- 

 ences remarked on above, also from the locality where it was 

 obtained, we believe that it may prove to be a distinct form ; 

 but this cannot be ascertained till adult females are obtained 

 from the same locality. 



16. Turnix saturata, Forbes. 



(1882.) Turnix saturata, Forbes, Ibis, 1882, p. 428. 



The remarks on the plumage of the younger birds of the 

 last species apply equally to the present, which is nearly alHed, 

 but easily distinguishable by its darker plumage and much 

 stronger bill^ and by the fact that in the adult female there is 

 no rufous nuchal collar, what rufous there is in the upper 

 plumage of the younger birds entirely disappearing in the 

 adults of both sexes. 



It may be of interest to note that one of our male speci- 

 mens of this species collected by Herr Kleinschmidt in New 

 Britian was shot together with a young chick, which is also 

 in the National Collection. This would seem to indicate, 

 what is probably the case, that the birds of this group are 

 similar in their habits to the Bustard Quails of India and 

 their allies {T. taigoor group) and that it is the male bird 

 which hatches and attends to the young. 



17. Turnix ocellata (Scop.). (Plate XIV. ; woodcut, 

 fig. la, p. 448.) 



Caille de VIsle de Luqon, Sonnerat, N. Guinee, p. 54, 

 pi. 23. 



(1786.) Oriolus oceUatus, Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub. 

 pt. ii. p. 88. 



(1788.) Tetrao luzoniensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 13th cd. 

 pt. ii. p. 767. 



(1815.) Hemipodius thoracicus, Temminck, Pig. et Gall, 

 iii. pp. 622, 755. 



(1823.) Turnix rufus, Vieillot, 2nd cd. Nouv. Diet, d'llist. 

 Nat. XXXV. p. 48. 



