72 TURNICID^E. 



Turnix tanki, 



Turnix tanki, Oates ed. Hume, Rests $ Eggs Ind. B. Hi. p. 370 (1890) ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 544 (1893); Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 63 (1898) ; Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



Turnix joudera, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 187 (1879) ; 

 Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. vi. pi. i. fig. 834 (1891). 



The eggs of the Indian Bustard-Quail present several types of 

 markings, but as they can in all cases be matched by eggs of 

 T. pugnax, no separate description appears necessary. They are 

 pyriform, and measure from '85 to *9 in length, and '75 in 

 breadth. 



1. Sealkote, 26th Aug. (A. Oldham). Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur (F. R. Blewitt}. Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur, June (F. It. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Mysore, 29th April (J. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



Turnix nigricollis (Gm.). 



Turnix nigricollis, Coican, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; 

 Milne-Edwards # Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 494, pi. 305. 

 fig. 3 (1885) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 549 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Bustard-Quail have a decided rufous 

 tinge, but otherwise they closely resemble those of T.pugnax. They 

 are pyriform, and measure from -84 to 1 in length, and from '73 to 

 8 in breadth. 



11. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Turnix melanogaster (Gould}. 



Turnix melanogaster, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 178 (1865); 

 Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 50 (1883) ; North, Nests $ 

 Egos Austr. Birds, p. '285, pi. xvi. fig. 11 (1889) ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxii. p. 550 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted Bustard-Quail are pinkish white, 

 very closely and minutely speckled with pale reddish brown and 

 sparingly blotched with pale purple and black. The blotches are 

 very firm and well-defined. The two examples in the Collection are 

 blunt ovals and measure respectively : 1/15 by '82 ; 1-12 by '82. 



2. Moreton Bay, N.E. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Turnix varia (Lath.). 



Perdix varia, Thien. Fortpfanz. aes. Voa. p. 53, tab. xii. fig. 6 (1845-54). 

 Turnix varius, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 179 (1865) ; Campbell, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 50 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 285 (1889). 

 Turnix varia, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 551 (1893): Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



