11. THE INDIAN BUTTON QUAIL. 



Turnix tanki, BLYTH. 



No bars across the breast. 

 Tail-feathers plain, not margined ; the 



the middle pair neither lengthened 



nor pointed. 

 With a very small amount of dull rufous 



on the upper plumage. 

 Wing of male about 3 ; of female about 



3i- 



Inhabits the Indian peninsula. 



MALE : Without a rufous collar. 

 FEMALE : With a rufous collar. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Lowa, Upper 

 India ; Pedda dubba gundlu, Telugu. 



THE Indian Button-Quail appears to be 

 found throughout the whole peninsula 

 of India, from Travancore on the south 

 to the Punjab and Sind on the west 

 and to Tipperah on the east. It occurs 

 in the Himalayas, probably during the 

 summer only, up to about 4000 feet. 

 In other parts of India it is probably 

 a permanent resident. 

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