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Adult female has a well-defined rufous nuchal collar ; scapularies 

 edged with golden-buff ; throat and breast pale rufous ; belly 

 whitish-buff. 



Adult male has no rufous collar ; scapularies edged with golden- 

 buff ; chest buff ; upper surface greyish-brown. 



Immature birds have no defined rufous collar, but most feathers 

 of upper surface with a rufous patch at extremity ; scapularies edged 

 with buff. 



Hab. : 1 to 4, 6, 7. 



570. T. melailOgaster, Old., Black-breasted Quail. 



Tarsus equal to or shorter than middle toe with claw ; bill fairly 

 strong. 



Female has chest black, many of the feathers having terminal bars 

 of white ; upper surface umber, with here and there irregular marks 

 of black, rufous, and white. Total length, 7 '5 in. ; wing, 4*4 in. 



Male has chest whitish, with a wide V-shaped subtermioal 

 black mark across each feather ; upper surface as in female. Total 

 length, 6 '3 in. ; wing, 4*1 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 7. 



571. T. varia, Lath. (T. scintillans, Old.), Painted Quail. 



Tarsus not longer than middle toe with claw ; bill slender. 



Adult male has chest buff, irregularly spotted and marked with 

 grey ; no rufous nuchal collar, but otherwise the upper surface 

 similar to that of adult female. 



Adult female has chest grey, each feather with a pale buff or 

 whitish shaft streak, becoming more or less spatulate towards the 

 margin ; feathers surrounding eye black, spotted with white ; has a 

 fairly defined bright rufous nuchal collar, each feather narrowly 

 barred with rufous. Bill stouter than in male. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5. 



572. T. castanonota, Old., Chestnut-backed Quail. 



Adults have chest grey, each feather with a pale shaft streak, 

 becoming more or less spatulate towards the margin ; feathers 

 surrounding eye black, spotted with white ; bill very stout ; upper 

 surface uniform dull light red, one or two feathers of back mixed 

 with black. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



573. T. pyrrllO thorax, Old., Red-chested Quail. 



Adults have chest rufous ; feathers round eye black, spotted 

 with white ; upper surface stone-grey, most feathers of back with 

 narrow transverse bars of rufous and black. 



Female. Total length, 6 in. ; wing, 3 '3 in. ; tail, 1'4 in. ; bill, 

 0-5 (stout). 



Male. Total length, 5'2 in. ; wing, 2'9 in. ; tail, 1-3 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 6, 7. 



574. T. velox, Old. , Little Quail (Swift-flying Turnix). 



Adults have chest dull light red, darker at sides than middle ; 

 feathers round eye dull light red, like rest of upper surface ; bill 

 very stout (0'5 long). 



Immature birds have outer webs of primaries mottled with rufous, 

 those of the secondaries edged and toothed with white. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 



575. T. leilCOgaster, North, White-bellied Quail. 



Very similar to adult of T. velox. 



The one specimen obtained showed it to have a whiter under 

 surface. 



Note, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A.. vol. xxii., p. 159. 

 Hab. : 7. 



