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Turnix maculosa, Temminck. 



Vernacular Names.— [Ngon, (Burmese), Pegu], 



OTHING is accurately known of the distribution 

 of this species. It occurs, though sparingly, through- 

 out Tenasserim, in Pegu, * and Aracan, and I have 

 specimens from Hill Tipperah. I should have ex- 

 pected to find this species in Assam, but Godwin- 

 Austen, in his fourth list, gives the Indian species 

 (T. joudera, which, following Jerdon, he erroneously 

 designates T. dussumieri) from the Naga Hills. Perhaps he 

 failed to distinguish the two species, which scarcely differ except 

 in size. 



Certainly it is the present species that occurs in Independent 

 Burma, and I have reason to believe that it extends into the 

 northern portions of the Malay Peninsula. 



Burmese and Chinese specimens are not to be separated, and 

 David and Oustalet tell us they have compared Chinese speci- 

 mens with Temminck's type and found only insignificant differ- 

 ences. We may, therefore, assume that this species-)- occurs 

 throughout China, extending into Eastern Siberia, where 

 Prjevalski obtained it in the country of the Ussuri, and whence 

 Dybouski sent it from near Lake Chanka. 



Probably this same species will be found to occur in Siam, 

 Cochin China and Tonquin. 



I HAVE never shot this species myself, but doubt not that its 

 habits and haunts are almost precisely similar to that of its 

 Indian representative, T. joudera. Davison, who has shot it 

 throughout Tenasserim only, says : — " I have always found this 

 species about gardens or in the immediate vicinity of cultiva- 



* Oates writes: — "I have procured two specimens near the town of Pegu in 

 gardens. I know nothing of its habits, and judge it to be rare. It is probably a 

 constant resident." 



I have received specimens from many localities in Pegu. 



+ Renamed vkiarius by Swinhoe. 



