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Colonel Sykes then describes in detail the following species, ac- 

 companying his descriptions by observations on their habits, and on 

 such other points connected with them as appear to him to be in- 

 teresting. 



Genus Coturnix. 



1. Coturnix dactylisonatis, Mey. 



2. Coturnix textilis, Temm. 



3. Coturnix erythrorhyncha, Sykes, in Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. 

 Soc, Part II. p. 153.— (Pevdix, Mey.) 



4. Coturnix Argoondah, Sykes, Ibid. — (Perdix, Mey.) 



5. Coturnix Pentah, Sykes, Ibid. — (Perdix, Mey.) 



Genus Hemipodius. 



6. Hemipodius pugnax, Temm. 



7. Hemipodius Taigoor, Sj'kes, Ibid., p. 155. 



8. Hemipodius Dussumier, Temm, 



