olive's quail 19 



The nest is a slight depression in the ground. Eggs three 

 to four, whitish, finely freckled all over with light brown and 

 also a few bold blotches of very dark brown, as well as some 

 purplish-grey markings. The eggs measure 1.1 x .85 inch. 



The Painted Quail. 



Turnix varia. 



Australia and Tasmania. 



Female: Chest grey, each feather with a. whitish shaft-streak, 

 feathers surrounding the eye black spotted with white; a rufous nuchal 

 collar; back black, barred with rufous; centre of top of head dark grey; 

 sides black, edged with rufous; sides of face and throat white, tipped 

 with black, chin and centre of throat white; underparts pale buff. Total 

 length 7.6 inches, wing 4.2, tail 1.9, tarsus 0.9. 



Male bird has no defined nuchal collar; chest mostly pale buff. Total 

 length 6.4 inches, wing 3.7, tail 1.7, tarsus 0.8. 



The nest is a slight depression, occasionally lined with a 

 little grass; four eggs form a full clutch. They are whitish 

 in colour, minutely freckled with light-brown, and interspersed 

 with larger markings of dark bluish-grey; their measurements 

 are about 1.17 x .88 inch. 



The Chestnut-backed Quail. 



Turnix castanonota. 



Northern Australia. 



Upper surface light red, one or two of the feathers of the 

 middle of the back mixed with black, dark grey band down middle 

 of head; nape spotted with white, sides of face white tipped 

 with black; chin and throat white; middle of breast greyish -buff; sides 

 light red; underparts whitish buff. Total length of female 6 inches, wing 

 3.6, tail 1.5, tarsus 0.9. The male is slightly smaller than the female. 



The nest is a slight depression, rarely lined; clutch four; 

 the eggs white, sparingly marked with blotches of umber and 

 purplish-grey. The eggs measure .98 x .84 inch. 



Olive's Quail. 



Turnix olivet. 



Queensland. 



Adult Female: Most nearly allied to T. castanonota — resembling it 

 in general coloration, but differing in its much larger size, in having 

 the forehead grey without white tips to the frontal feathers, and with 

 the superciliaries and sides of the face not conspicuously marked with 



