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BLACK-FRONTED TURNIX. 



places : they run with great swiftness, and when 

 pursued hide themselves in the tufts of high grass : 

 both young and old live a solitary life, not asso- 

 ciating in coveys as the Quails : they principally 

 subsist on insects, rarely eating seeds or berries. 

 They are found in the hotter parts of the old 

 world. The grand character which distinguishes 

 them from all other Quails, is that of possessing 

 but three toes, all of which are placed forwards ; 

 they also differ in other respects. 



BLACK-FHONTED TURNIX. 

 (Tumix nigrifrons.) 



*Txi.f route trifaseiat'df corpore supra rufescente-Jlavo, tectricibus 

 alarum nigro punctatis, gutture Jlavescente, pedore lunulis 

 nigris, ventre abdomineque albis. 



Turnix with the forehead with three fasciae ; the body above 

 reddish yellow 3 the wing-coverts spotted with black; the 

 throat yellowish j the breast with black crescents ; the belly 

 and abdomen white. 



Turnix nigrifrons. Lacepede, 



Hemipodius nigrifrons. Temm, Gall, Ind. p. 754. 



Turnix k bandeau noir. Temm. Fig. et Gall, 3. p. 6IO. 



Ortygodes variegata. VieiL Anal, d'une nouv, Ornith. Elem. 

 j3.69. (n.) 



This beautiful species measures six inches in 

 lengths the forehead is ornamented with three 



