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SPOTTED TURNIX. 



Rather above five inches in length : the whole 

 of the fore-part of the neck, the sides of the head 

 and of the breast, are transversely striped with 

 black and white : the belly and the abdomen are 

 of a spotless red : the top of the head is black : 

 the region of the eyes is striped alternately with 

 white and black : the nape is of a bright red : the 

 back and the rump are brown, varied with black 

 and red : the wing-coverts are transversely striped 

 with black and white ; the feathers nearest the 

 body have their outer webs black, tipped with 

 grey: the quills are grey: the feet and beak are 

 yellowish. 



One specimen only is known, which is described 

 by Temminck from the rich collection of the Pa- 

 risian Museum. 



SPOTTED TURNIX. 

 (Turnix maculosus.) 



Tu. corpore supra rufo^ maculis nigris, spadicms, albis el plum^ 

 beis variis, subtus rufescente, tsnid longitudinali albd in V0r» 

 tice, super ciliis rujis. 



Turnix with the body above rufous, varied with spots of blacky 

 chesnut, white, and lead- colour j beneath reddish j the crowre 

 with a longitudinal white band j the eyebrows red. 



Hemipodius maculosus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p, 757. 



Turnix Mouchete. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. ^. 631. 



