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cable to this bird. Mr Hodgson’s comes next in order of date rather 
than T. tanki of Blyth. 
2820. Turnix pugnax. 
Hemipodius pugnax, Temm. Pig..et Gal. iii. pp. 612, 754. 
Turnix pugnax, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 167; 1846, p. 105: 
Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 161. 
Turnix taigoor, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 595 (ex Sykes). 
a Malacca ( Capt . Nash) 1837. — b Malacca, 1840. — c Madras 
('“ Ortygis pugnax ? taigoor?” T. G. Jerdon ) 1845. — d j? India 
('“ Turnix bengalensis, fem.” E. Blyth ) 1846. — e, — -f, — g (Arthur 
Strickland) 1850. 
2821. Turnix varia. 
Perdix varia, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. lxii. 
Hemipodius varius , Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 82. 
a Australia (Bt at Birmingham) 1843. — b , — c Australia 
(Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
Ortyxelos. 
Ortyxelos , Yieillot, Gal. Ois. ii. p. 91, pi. 300 (1825). 
2822. Ortyxelos meilfreni. 
Turnix meiffreni , Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xxxv. p. 49. 
Ortyxelos meiffreni, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220. 
a Kordofan, 12 June 1848 (J. Petherick) 1848. 
A fragment without the head. 
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