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The males as tisnal are decidedly smaller with a wing of only 3-10"' 



(=78-6 mm.). 



Distribution. — Formosa and thence through South and Western 

 China through the hill ranges and thence into the South-Eastern 

 Shan States, 



Niclification. — Exactly the same as that of fhrnibiiDes, and the 

 eggs are not to be distinguished from those of the latter bird. 



Habits. — So far as is recorded, there appears to be nothing to 

 note in the habits of this bird differing in any way from those of its 

 nearest relations. It is found alike in the Plains, and certainly up 

 to 4,000 feet, and probably higher in the mountains. Like the 

 other Bustard Quails also it keeps much to openings in partly forested 

 country, and is often found in cultivation and round villages. 



TURNIX DUSSUMIEEI. 



The Little Button Quail. 



Hemiyodius dussuinieri. — Temm. PI. Coll., v., p. 454 (1828). 



Heonipodius variabilis. — Hodg., Bengal Sport. Mag. (1837), p. 345. 



Hemipodius syhesi. — Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afri., ii. (1838). 



Turni'X dussumieri. — Blj^-th, Ibis (1867), p. 161 ; Gould B. of Asia^ 

 vii., pi. 10 (1869); Hume Str. Feath., i., p. 227; Adam, ibid, ii., 

 p. 338 ; Ball, ibid, p. 428 ; Butler, ibid, iv., p. 9 ; Fairbank, ibid, 

 pp. 262, 266; Davis, and Wen., ibid, vii., p. 87; Hume, ibid,. 

 pp. 186 and 226; Butler, ibid, p. 186; Ball, ibid, p. 226; Cripps, 

 ibid, 298 ; Butler, Cat. B. of Sind, p. 56 ; Hume and Marsh., Game 

 B.; ii., p. 193; Hume, Cat. No. 835; Vidal, Str. Feath., ix., p. 77 ^ 

 Butler, Cat. B. S. Bom., p. 70; Eeid, Str. Feath., x., p. 64; Gates, 

 ibid, p. 237 ; Davidson, ibid, p. 318 ; Gates, B. Burmah, ii., p. 336 ; 

 Hume, Str. Feath., xi, p. 312; Barnes, B. of Bom., p. 319; Ggilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. M., xxii., p. 540 ; Gates, in Hume's Nests and Eggs, 

 2nd ed., iii., p. 371 ; Blanford, Avi. B. I., iv., p. 152; Gates, Game 

 B. I., i., p. 11; Ggilvie-Grant, Game B., ii., p. 273 ;Le Mess, 

 Game S. & W. B., p. 114; Sharpe, Hand-List, i., p. 48; Gates, Cat. 

 Eggs, B. M., i., p. 71 ; Barnes, J. B. N. H. S., vi., pi. i., fig. 825 ; 

 Stuart Baker, ibid, xii., p. 493; Moss King, ibid, xxi., p. 101; 

 Whitehead, ibid, xxi., p. 169. 



Turnix sykesi. — Jerdon, B. of I., iii., p. 600 ; King, J. A. S. B., 

 xxxvii., pt. ii., p. 216; Godwin- Austen, ibid, xliii., pt. ii., p. 174. 

 Vernacular names. — Ginwa Lawa, Chota Lawa, Dabki, Tura 

 Shimaj (Muttra), Libbia (Purnea^, Darwi (Batoiagiri'), Chinna or 

 Tella-dabba Gandla (Teligu), San Gundla (Ooriya), Choto San-sorai 

 (^Assamese), Dao-duma kashiba (Cacliari^, Inrui-buma gajeba (Nacja^, 

 Tutu-butera (8ind^, Ngon (Burmese^. 



Description, adult male and female. — A distinct mesial stripe from 

 forehead to back of crown pale buff, sides of the crown rufous, 

 brown to brown, generall}^ much mixed with black, whereas the 



