Order TURNICIF0RME8 
No. 21. 
Family TURNIGID^. 
TURNIX VELOX. 
LITTLE QUAIL. 
(Plate 19.) 
Hemipodius VELOX Gould, P.Z.S., p. 150 (1840), New South Wales. 
Hemipodius velox Gould, P.Z.S., p. 150 (1840) ; id., B. Austr., V., PI. 87 (1848). 
Turnix velox Gould, in Grey’s Journ. Disc. Austr., II., p. 419 (1841) ; id., Handb. B. Austr., 
II., p. 184 (1865) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B., p. 18 (1888) ; North, 
Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 286 (1889) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, p. 475 (1889) ; 
id.. Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXII., p. 553 (1893) ; Keartland, B. Melbourne 
Dist., p. 112 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr, B., p. 734 (1901) ; 
Le Souef, Emu, II., p. 155 (1903) ; Hall, Emu, III., p. 42 (1903) ; Carter, Emu, III., 
p. 174 (1904) ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, PI. B. V. (1904) ; Hartert, Nov. 
ZooL, XII., p. 195 (1905) ; Hall, Key B. Austr., p. 75 (1906) ; North, Rec. Austr. 
Mus., VI., p. 342 (1907) ; Berney, Emu, VI., p. 107 (1907) ; Mathews, Handl. B. 
Austral., p. 8 (1908) ; id.. Emu, IX., p. 53 (1909). 
Perdix {Hemipodius) velox Thienemann, Fortpflanz, ges. Vogel, p. 53 (1846). 
Turnix {Hemipodius) velox Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., I., p. 185 (1876). 
Turnix leucogaster North, Ibis, p. 342 (1895) ; id.. Rep. Horn Sci. Exp., II., p. 102 (1896) ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. B., p. 736 (1901) ; Hall, Key B. Austr., p. 75 (1906). 
Distribution. Australia generally. 
Adult female. General colour above pale vinous, becoming darker on the back and 
scapulars, where the feathers incHne to chestnut, barred with black, a submarginal 
line of black and edged with white, which gives a streaked appearance ; lesser 
and median wing-coverts pale vinous with a few dark spots here and there ; 
bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish ; primary- quills dark brown, the three 
outer ones margined with buffy-white on the outer webs, the remainder mip\ttled 
with sandy-buff on the outer edges ; innermost secondaries and tail-feathers similar 
to the back ; head with a dotted line of black on each side of the crown ; sides of 
the face, neck, and body pale vinous ; chin, throat, middle of the abdomen, flanks, 
and under tail-coverts white, more or less tinged with sandy -rufous ; axillaries grey ; 
under wing-coverts buffy white ; under aspect of quills pearl-grey. “ Bill, culmen 
and tip leaden-brown, remainder leaden-blue ; iris yellowish white ; tarsus and feet 
fleshy white” (J, P. Rogers). Total length, 145 mm.; culmen, 13; wing, 80; 
tail, 28 ; tarsus, 16. 
Adult male. Distinguished from the female by its smaller size and more streaked 
appearance above, the median hne of white on the middle of the head, the white 
bars on the sides of the neck, and the submarginal black lines on the side of the 
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