306 TETRAONIDiE. 



accompanying^ fio-ure from that gentleman's beautiful 

 illustrations. 



Or. varius. 



Or. corpore cinereo rufo et nigra vnriegato, suhtiis alhido; gidci 



cinerascente ; genis punctis parvis a/bis; mnatld aurium ccoru- 



lescentc rostro corneo; pedibus pallide Jiavis. 

 Turuix with the body varied with ash-colour, red and black, 



beneath whitish, with the throat ashyj the cheek with small 



white spots ; a blue spot on the ear; the beak horn-coloured ; 



the legs pale brown. 

 Turnix varius. Vieill. Ency. Meth. 331. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



Or. ruftis. 



Ok. corpore supra cinereo, pioictis iiigris; jugulo nigra a/bo" 

 que vario; corpore subtiis, remigibus primariis, rectricibusque 

 lateralibus yusco-rujis ; rostra corneo, basi nigricante, pedibus 

 rubescentibus. 



Turnix with the body above cinereous, spotted with black ; the 

 juguluni varied with black and white ; the body beneath, j)ri- 

 niary quills and lateral tail-feathers brown-red ; the beak horn- 

 coloured, its base dusky; legs reddish. 



Turnix rufus. Vieill. Enc. Meth. 331. 



Inhabits China. 



Or? Meiffrenii. 



Or? corpore supra rufo alboque va)-io, subfus alba; remigibus 

 primariis nigricantibus,Jlavescente-albo e.rtus marginatis, rostro 

 gracdiore, in medio albido, basi apiceque obscuro; pedibus incar- 

 71 at is. 



Turuix ? with the body varied above M'ith red and white, beneath 

 white ; the primary quills dusky, outwardly edged with yel- 

 lowish-white; the beak rather slender, whitish in the middle, 

 the base and tip obscure ; the legs flesh-colour. 



Turnix Meiffrenii. Vieill. Enc. Meth. 332. 



Inhabits Senegal. 



