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The voice of the hen is similar to that of other members of the 

 family, and their food is also the same, i.e., half vegetable and half 

 insectivorous. 



TURNIX PUGNAX PLUMBIPES. 

 The Burmese Bustard Quail. 



Hemipodius iDlumhijpes . — Hodg,, Icon.,ined. in Brit. Mus., Nos. 126, 

 127, id, Bengal Sporting Mag., 1837, p. 346. 



Turnix ocellatus. — Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, 1849, p. 29; 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 398 (Formosa); Godwin-Aus., J. A. S. B., 

 xliii., pt. ii., p. 174; Jerdon, B. of I., iii., p. 597. 



Turnix taijoor. — Gates, in Hume's Nest and Eggs, 2nd ed., iii. 

 p. 367 (part); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M,, xxii. p. 530 (part j ; id., 

 Game B., i., p., 265 (part). 



Turnix jnignax. — Gray, Hand-List B., ii., p. 271; Stoliczka, J. 

 A. S. B., xxxix, pt. ii, p. 333 (part) ; Hnme and Gates, Str. Feath, 

 iii., p. 178 (Pegu); id., Nest and Eggs, iii., p. 553 (part); Hume 

 and Inglis, Str. Feath., v., p. 45 (Cachar) ; Ggilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 

 M., xxii., p. 534; Sharpe, Hand-List i, p. 48 (part); Gates, Cat. 

 Eggs, B. M., i., p. 69 (part) ; Blanford, Avifauna, B. I., iv., p. 150 

 (part) ; Stuart Baker, J. B. N. H. S., xii., p. 492 ; Inglis, iUd. 

 p. 677 ; Mears, ibid, xviii, p. 89 ; Harington, ihid, xix., p. 365 ; id, 

 ibid, XX., p. 377 ; id., ihid., xx., p. 1011 ; Yenning, ibid, xxi., p. 632 ; 

 Hopwood, ibid, p. 1215. 



Turnix ])lumbipes. — Blyth and Wald., Cat. Mam. and B. of 

 Burmah, p. 152 (1875); Gates, Str. Feath., v., p. 164; Hume and 

 Davis., ibid, vi., pp. 450, 521 ; Hume, ibid, viii., p. 69 ; Scully, ibid, 

 p. 350; Hume and Marsh., Game B., ii., p. 177; Gammie, Str. 

 Feath., viii., p. 453 ; Hume, Cat. No. 833 ; Gates, B. of Burmah, ii., 

 p. 337; id., Str. Feath., x., p. 236; Hume, iSi*^, xi.,p. 310. 



Vernacular names. — Timokpho (Leptcha) ; Tinisk (Bhutia) ; 

 Ngon (Burmese) ; Sunsorai (Assamese) ; Daoduma (Cachari) ; 

 Inruibuma (Kacha Naga) ; Vohbubum (Kuki) ; Purjoh Peyoo- 

 Kabun (Malay) ; Guske-coone, Vock-coone (Siamese). 



Description, ad'idt female. — Similar to the Ceylon Bustard Quail, 

 but wanting the rufous nuchal collar. It is also a rather darker 

 bird with more rufous on the upper parts, and the black not quite 

 so rich or velvety. The under parts are usually paler. 



Adult male differs from the female as does the male oi fucjnax. 



Colours of soft farts. — Same as inignax. 



Measurements. — The wing varies in length on an average between 

 3-40" (=86-4mm.) for Burmese birds and 3-51" (=89-9mm.) for 

 North-East Indian female birds, and from 3*09" to 3-24" respecti- 

 vely for the males. Hume gives the measurements as follows : — 



" Females— length, 5-44" to 6-37" ; expanse, 11-0" to 12-5"; 

 wing, 3-0" to 3-45"; tail from vent, 0-9" to 1-38"; tarsus. 



