assume the fortn of a zone. Two eggs in the Australian Museum 

 Collection, taken by Mr. George Masters at King George's Sound, 

 measure as follows: — length (A) 1-1 x 0-8 inch; (B) 1-12 xX'86 

 inch. 



A set taken at Dobroyde on the 9th of October 1864, by Dr. 

 Ramsay, give the following measurements: — length (A) 1-11 x 

 0-9 inch ; (B) M2 x 0-9 inch ; (C) M4 x 0-91 inch ; (D) M x 

 0'9 inch. 



This bird sits very close and will allow itself to be almost 

 trod,den upon before leaving its eggs or young. 



September and the four following months constitute the 

 breeding season of this species. 



Hab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, "Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania. 

 (Eamsay.) 



TURNIX VELOX, Gould. 

 Swift-flying Turnix. 

 Gould, Haiidbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 483, p. 184. 



This bird is distributed over the greater portion of the 

 Australian continent, and is particularly abundant during the 

 breeding season, September and the three following months, on 

 the grassy plains of the Lachlan and Darling Districts of New 

 South Wales. Like th^t of all other members of the genus, 

 the. nest is formed of grasses placed in a hollow o^ the ground 

 behind, sonje convenient tuft of grass. Eggs four in number 

 for a sitting, in form swollen ovals, and extremely variable in the 

 disposition of .their markings ; some being minutely freckled, and 

 closely resembling miniature eggs of T. varius, others being boldly 

 blotched and spotted like-those pf 2\ melanogaster. 



A set in the Australian Museum Collection are of a buffy-white 

 ground colour, thickly freckled and blotched with dark reddish- 



