TURNICnXE. 577 



cable to this bird. Mr Hodgson's comes next in order of date rather 

 than T. tanki of Blyth. 



2820. Turnix pugnax. 



Hemipodius pugnax, Temm. Pig. et Gal. iii. pp. 612, 754. 



Turnix pugnax, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 167; 1846, p. 105: 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 161. 



Turnix taigoor, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 595 {ex Sykes). 



a Malacca (Capt. Nash] 1837. b Malacca, 1840. c Madras 

 (" Ortygis pugnax? taigoor?" T. C. Jerdori) 1845. d f India 

 (" Turnix bengalensis, fern." E. Blyth} 1846. e, /, g (Arthur 

 Strickland) 1850. 



2821. Turnix varia. 



Perdix varia, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixii. 

 Hemipodius varius, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 82. 

 a Australia (Bt at Birmingham] 1843. b, c Australia 

 (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 



ORTYXELOS. 

 Ortyxelos, Vieillot, Gal. Ois. ii. p. 91, pi. 300 (1825). 



2822. OrtyxeJos meiffreni. 



Turnix meiffreni, Vteill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxxv. p. 49. 

 Ortyxelos meiffreni, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220. 

 a Kordofan, 12 June 1848 (J. PethencK) 1848. 

 A fragment without the head. 



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