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The Fowl-like Birds 



very soon after they are hatched, and they frequent much the same places as the 

 smaller Partridges and Quails, feeding upon seeds, berries, and fruits, and al- 

 though small they are quite highly prized as "game birds." They run with swift- 

 ness and fly rapidly for short distances when flushed. The Hemipodes are all 

 natives of the Old World, being widely spread over Africa, southeastern Asia and 

 adjacent islands, and Australia. Two genera and about thirty species are known, 









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FIG. 85. Bustard-Quail, Turnix pugnax. 



all but one belonging to the genus Turnix, which is sometimes separated as a 

 .family (Turnicida), while the remaining form is made the type of another family 

 (Pedionomidtz). 



The subject of our illustration is the typical and perhaps best-known species 

 (T. pugnax}, which ranges widely over the Indian peninsula, Ceylon, Indo- 

 China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. It belongs to the group 

 in which the entire breast is barred transversely with black, the lower parts 



