THE BTJSTARD-QTXAH. 
Turnix fugnax airoguhris {By ton) 
Malay name : — ^Puyoh. 
Description: — As indicated above the female of this bird 
is larger and more resplendent tlian the male and in deference 
to her thoroughly advanced condition the least we can do is to 
reverse the order which we intend to adopt throughout this 
book and describe her first, a procedure furthermore recom- 
mended by the fact that it will be most convenient. 
The upi>er parts are greyish brown and the head is plenti- 
fnlly spotted with white. On the back there are also w^hitish 
oval shaped spots (but less numerous and larger than those 
on tht' head) and irregularly shaped black jjatches. A large 
conspicuous black patch entirely covers the chin and throat. 
The wings and underparts are ye!lovvish-bu0, the former with 
krge black spots. The sides of the breast and the flanks arc 
shaded with pale rufous. 
The male lacks the white spots on the head, the throat is 
white instead of bUck and the underparts are paler, the rufotts 
colour presenting a washed out appearance. The breast is? 
barred with black and this sex is aUogether not nearly such a$ 
a fine looking bird as the female. 
The ins is white or yellowish, the bill bluish (or greyish) 
slate perhaps washed with brown or dusky. The legs are very 
like the beak in colour, 
Althou^^h to be expected if is interesting to note that 
young females, i.e. before they have assumed the adult 
plumage, are much more like the aduh male than the grown-up 
members of their own sex. They entirely lack the black chin 
and throat. 
In a pair that we recently measured, the female was 64 
inches in length and the male 5! inches. The wing is between 
3 and 3A inches long. 
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