576 GALLING. 



FAMILY. TURNICID^. 



TURNIX. 



Turnix, Bonnaterre, Tabl. Enc. Meth. p. Ixxxii (1790). 



2816. Turnix sylvatica. 



Tetrao sylvaticus, Desf. Hist. Ac. Roy. des Sc. 1787, p. 500, 

 pi. 13. 



Turnix sylvatica, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 249, pi. 494. 

 a (Askew) 1840. b (Bt at Stevens' s) 1847. 

 A species of South-west Europe and North Africa. 



2817. Turnix lepurana. 



Hemipodius lepurana, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 16. 



Turnix lepurana, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 158: 

 Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 249. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. b Damara-land (C. J. Anders- 

 son) 1852. 



2818. Turnix sykesi. 



Hemipodius sykesi, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. sub tab. 10. 



Turnix sykesi, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 600. 



Turnix dussumieri, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 161 (ex Temminck). 



a (Bt at Stevens s] 1844. b, c Madras ("Ortygis Sykesii, 

 Smith," T. G. Jerdon) 1845. d India ("Turnix variabilis, 

 Hodgs. dussumieri, apud Sykes" E. Blyth} 1846. 



To avoid the confusion involved in applying Temminck's name to 

 this species as advocated by Blyth I follow Jerdon in adopting Sir A. 

 Smith's title for it. 



2819. Turnix joudera. 



Turnix joudera, Hodgs. Beng. Sport. Mag. 1838, pi. 1. f. 1 : 

 Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. iii. pi. 131. 



Turnix tanki, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 180*: Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 161. 



Turnix dussumieri, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 599 (nee Temm.). 



a India (Cashmore) 1839. b S. India (" Ortygis tanki, apud 

 Blyth," T. C. Jerdon) 1844. c f Benares (W. J. E. Boys) 1847. 



If Blyth is right in savin;,' that Tciimiiiu-k's name is not appli- 



