72 ITJESICIDiE. 



Turnix tanti, BlyiJi. 



Turnix tanld, Oates e<l. Hume, JVests ^ Effffs Ind. B. iii. p. 370 (1890) ; 

 Grant, Vat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 544 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 63 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



Turnix joudera, Hume §• Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 187 (1879) ; 

 Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. pi. i. fig. 884 (1891). 



The eggs of the Indian Bustard-Quail present several types of 

 markings, but as they can in all cases be matched by eggs of 

 T. pugnax, no separate description appears necessary. They are 

 pyriform, and measure from -85 to -9 in length, and -75 in 

 breadth. 



1. Sealkote, 26th Aug. (A. Oldham). Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur {F. B. Bkwitt). Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur, June {F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Mysore, 29th April {J. Macpherson). Hume Coll. 



Turnix nigricoUis (Om.). 



Turnix nigricoUis, Cowan, Proc. M. Phys. Soc. Fdin. yii. p. 149 (1882) ; 

 Milne-Fdwards ^ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 494, pi. 305. 

 fig. 3 (1885) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 549 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Handrl. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Bustard-Quail have a decided rufous 

 tinge, but otherwise they closely resemble those of T.pugnaa;. They 

 are pyriform, and measure from •84 to 1 in length, and from "73 to 

 8 in breadth. 



11. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Beans Cowan [C.]. 



Turnix melanogaster (Gould). 



Turnix melanogaster, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. ii. p. 178 (1865); 

 Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 50 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 285, pi. xvi. fig. 11 (1889) ; Grant, Cut. Birds 

 B. M. xxii. p. 560 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-breasted Bustard-Quail are pinkish white, 

 very closely and minutely speckled with pale reddish brown and 

 sparingly blotched with pale purple and black. The blotches are 

 very firm and well-defined. The two examples in the Collection are 

 blunt ovals and measure respectively : 1-15 by '82 ; ] -12 by -82. 



2. Moreton Bay, N.E. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Turnix varia {Lath.). 



Perdix varia, TUen. Fortpflanz. ges. Fog. p. 63, tab. xii. fig. 6 (1845-54). 

 Turnix varius, Gould, Ha'ndb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 179 (1865) ; Campbell 



Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 60 (1888) : North, Nests Sr Eaa's 



Austr. Birds, p. 286 (1889). 

 Turnix varia. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 561 (1893); Shane 



Hand-l. i. p. 49 (1899). ^ ' 



