C,t. 
Ap. XVI. 
THE YOUNG LIKE THE ADULT MALES. 201 
b, 
u acquired for the sake of protection during the 
j°d of nesting. A different view seems to me more 
, uable. As the cases are curious and not numerous, 
^ill briefly give all that I have been able to find. 
1 
In 
the 
^arl 
one section of the genus Turnix, quail-like birds, 
female is invariably larger than the male (being 
v twice as large in one of the Australian species) 
j ' this ig an unusual circumstance with the G-allinacese. 
^ost of the species the female is more distinctly 
j. °Ured and brighter than the male, 14 but in some 
» ".species the sexes are alike. In Turnix taigoor of 
K la the male ,£ wants the black on the throat and neck, 
the whole tone of the plumage is lighter and less 
a Pronounced than that of the female.” The female 
1 P°ars to be more vociferous, and is certainly much 
ire pugnacious than the male; so that the females 
j. not the males are often kept by the natives for 
ltu ig, like game-cocks. As male birds are exposed 
J the English bird-catchers for a decoy near a trap, 
^ order to catch other males by exciting their rivalry, 
n,, the females of this Turnix are employed in India. 
i( l,; n thus exposed the females soon begin their “ loud 
1( Purring call, which can be heard a long way off, 
i, ' U|( i any females within ear-shot run rapidly to the 
T S P°t, and commence fighting with the caged bird.” 
j' e lllI s way from twelve to twenty birds, all breeding- 
f j ltla les, may be caught in the course of a single 
The natives assert that the females after laying 
8 ^ eir egg S associate in flocks, and leave the males to 
°u them. There is no reason to doubt the truth 
^is assertion, which is supported by some observa- 
1^8 0t Australian species, see Gould's ' Handbook,’ Ac., vol. ii. p. 
AiA . ’ an U 1®®- I' 1 the British Museum specimens of the 
ill,, ralia ^ Plain-wanderer ( Pedionomus torquatus ) may be seen, shevv- 
* ^milar sexual differences. 
