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V>Qi7 . TURNIX HOTTENTOTTA. 



CC. Durban Road, Mch., Sept. (3); Plettenberg Bay, 

 Mch. (3). 



Que of the females from Plettenberg Bay, dated March 

 23, has only very sliglit traces of spots on the breast_, and 

 can hardly be distinguished from T. nana. 



[" Button Quail" of the Colonists. 



This Heraipode was only noted from the Cape Peninsula 

 and the Knysna district ; further east and north its place 

 is apparently taken by T. nana., although neither can be 

 distinguished from the other on the wing. It was fairly 

 plentiful in the rough grass and short scrub on the flats at 

 Durban Road, but was by no means common in the Knysna 

 District, where it was occasionally flushed from the " fine 

 bush " on the hill-sides. In general habits it exactly 

 resembles the other Hemipodes, and is always found in 

 pairs. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides yellow ; bill slaty ; 

 legs and toes whitish flesh-coloured.] 



668. TURNIX LEPURANA. 



Z. Urafolosi Station, June (2) ; Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. 

 (1) ; P. Masambeti, Nov. (1). 



[This is the least common of the Hemipodes, and has only 

 been met with on the Eastern and East-Central sides of 

 South Africa. It generally inhabits the long grass on the 

 hill-sides and the outskirts of native lands, often beiny: 

 flushed in the numerous footpaths. It is always in pairs. 

 The flight is not fast, but is erratic and of so short a duration 

 that after being fltished once it is ditEcult to find again, as 

 it lies very close and often takes to running. On the wing 

 it can often be distinguished from the other Hemipodes by 

 the lighter coloration of the upper side of the wings. I have 

 not heard this bird call. 



The sol't parts of an adult are : — Irides white ; bill slaty ; 

 legs and toes whitish flesh-coloured. In the immature bird 

 the lower mandible is somewhat lighter in colour than the 

 upper,] 



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