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ed name for the bird eem. a rendering ens and can be heard for 
great distances. e nesting season in “Pa ang appears to be about 
April, and males are in their finest phittiage in that and the two 
succeeding months. 
GENERAL RawaE.—From Assam through the ТЕ 
eountries and the Malay Peninsula to Java, but not in Born 
Sumatra. 
Maray Name.—Burong merah. 
*+37. -TURNIX TAIGOOR—THE BUSTARD QUAIL. 
Turnix taigoor (Sykes) ; Ogilvie-Grant, t.e., p. 530. 
Turnix pugnax, Sharpe, t.c., p. 48 
The Bustard Quail is common throughout the Peninsula, in situ- 
ations similar = those affected by the Sin Button Quail, but 
i i i fo i vey 
nli species is rarely un s. Fe s are 
larger and more brightly coloured than the males, and in t enus 
a reversal of the ordinary rules takes place ; t E courting the 
males, while the latter perform the duties of тант 
Hens ате very pugnacious, and the Malays take advantage of this 
fact using a decoy cage, which closes as soon as the wild bird 
enters to attack its inmates. e birds so captured are pitted against 
= others, and large sums are пеи staked on a specially proficent 
brown, the та being often more densely арыны at one end, 
f a zone. The nest is little more than a slight depression 
among long grass, but is sometimes lined with a few dead leaves. In 
ee the breeding season appears to be the months of June and 
uly. 
GENERAL RawaE.—Throughout Southern Asia, from India to 
China and Formosa, as well as in Northern Ceylon. In Southern 
Ceylon, Java and Sumatra, its place is taken by a slightly different 
form. 
Maray Name.—Puyok. 
