47 i Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on the Genus Turnix. 



same sex and age, specimens from Perth and Cape York 

 being entirely similar to those from S. Australia. Just as in 

 the " tunki ^' group, the most adult female specimens have 

 a distinct inclination to a rufous nuchal collar, which is some- 

 what developed in the young of both sexes, but entirely disap- 

 pears in the adult male. 



A male specimen of Turnix from New Caledonia is in the 



y^ . Tweeddale Collection and is closely allied to the present 



e>* •''^v species, but differs in having most of i\\e feathers of the rump, 



\^ as iveJl us those of the upper surface, almost entirely black, 



margined Avith whitish or buff. It is also a smaller bird than 



the male of T. varius, its wing being 3-3 instead of 3"5-3"6. 



I have little doubt that this belongs to a distinct species ; 



but this cannot be ascertained until adult females have been 



procured. 



21. Turnix castanonota (Gould). 



(1839.) Hemipodius castanotus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 145. 



(1848.) Hemipodius castanotus, Gould, Birds of Austr. v. 

 pi. 85. 



Only two specimens of this species are in the National 

 Collection, both of which were obtained at Port Essington. 

 One of these is a female sexed by Mr. J. B. Jukes, the col- 

 lector, and no doubt the other, obtained by Capt. Chambers, 

 is a fully adult bird of the saine sex. 



Having so little material to draw our conclusions from, I 

 am of course unable to make any remarks on the plumage, 

 but, in all probability, the male, as represented in Mr. Gould's 

 plate, resembles the female, but is smalier and less brightly 

 coloured, as is the case in the allied species T. velox and T. 

 pyrrhothorax, which have also very stout bills. 



Mr. Ramsay states that this bird is found at Port Darwin, 

 Port Essington, and Cape York. 



22. Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould). 



(1840.) Hemipodius jnjrrhothorax , Govild, P. Z. S. 1840, 

 p. 150. 



(1848.) Hemipodius pyrrhothorax, Gould, Birds of Austr. 

 V. pi. 86. 



