HEMIPODII. 



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Mid-breast |«oi cross-barred black. Throat never black. But sexes differ, and 

 mid-tail is neither lengthened, pointed, nor edged. Above uniformly coloured, 

 without scaly appearance. Shoulder-feathers not edged with golden buff. 



86. Turnix tanki. Thk Larger Button Quail. 

 Lowa, Upper India; Pedda-dubba-gundlu (Telugu). 



Sapoora, 9.8.75. 



$ 5J". 9 6|". H to 1 J oz- Legs bright yellow. Bill yellow. Chin and 

 throat whitish. Sides of breast with round or crescentic black spots. Wing- 

 coverts light brown, with small black spot margined yellow. Outer primaries 

 brown, with narrow buif outer margins. — Male has no rufous collar. — Female has 

 one. Seen singly. 



Jerdon wrongly names this T. dussumieri. Throughout India, from the 

 Himalayas to Travancore. Four eggs (0-88 x 0-75), yellowish with purple specks 

 and blotches. (J. 834. B. 1384. O. 11. O.G. ii. 278. H. & M. ii. 187.) 



87. Turnix albiventris. The Nicobar Button Quail. 



Mod, Mcobars. 



(J 6"; IJ oz. 5 6J"; If oz. Legs yellow. Bill yellow. Plumage similar 

 to T. tanki. — Female has broad half -collar chestnut. Two black stripes from 

 crown to nape. Outer web of first primary nearly white. (H. & M. ii. 199.) 

 Found in Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 



88. Turnix blanfordi. The Burmese Button Quail. 

 Ngon, Burma. 



(? 6^". 5 7". Legs yellow. Bill brown. A larger race of T. tanki. 

 Throughout Assam, Burma, and China, but not S. of Tenasserim. (B. 1386.) 



Also V)ith shoulder-feafhers edged golden huff. 



T. wMteheadi. Whitehead's B.Q. from the Philippines, i i-i". Mid- tail lengthened. 

 Back nearly uniform in colour. 



T. maculosa. Temminck's B.Q. from Australia to the Celebes. Like T, blanfordi, but 

 shoulder-feathers edged golden buff. S 51". ? 5-8". 



T. saturata. The New Britain B.Q. Like T. maculosa, but with no rufous collar, i 5". 



T. rufescens. Wallace's B.Q. from Timor. S 5-2". Upper plumage as in T. maculosa, 

 and with rufous breast as in T. saturata. (O.G. ii. 281, 282.) 



C. Neck and breast uniform rufous. Upper tail-coverts covering the true tail. Sexes differ. 



T. ocellata. The Chestnut-breasted B.Q. from the Philippines. S 6-4". Chin and mid- 

 throat white. No rufous nuchal collar. Black ocelli on wing-coverts. 9 6-9". Throat black. 

 Neck, chest, and breast uniform chestnut. A rufous collar. 



