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TURNICTDA5. 
Sub-Genus ALPHATURNIA Mathews. 
Alphaturnia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 112, 1914. Type 
(by original designation) : Hemipodius velox Gould. 
Alphaturnia velox (Gould). 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Aus¬ 
tralia, North-West Australia. 
Alphaturnia velox velox (Gould). (22-553.) 
Hemipodius velox Gould, Birds Austr. pt. ii. 1841 : Yarrundi, Upper 
Hunter River, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, Austr. v. pi. N7.) 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
Alphaturnia velox leucogaster (North). 
Turnix leucogaster North, Ibis, 1895, p. 342: Davenport Creek, 
Central Australia. 
Turnix relax vinotincta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 182, 1912: Mungi, 
North-West Australia (Interior). 
Distr .—Central Australia. 
Alphaturnia velox picturata (Mathews). 
Turnix velox picturata Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 182, 1912: 
Derby, North-West Australia (Coast). (Fig. Math. pi. 19.) 
Distr. — Mid and North-West Australia and coasts Northern 
Territory. 
Alphaturnia pyrrhothorax (Gould). 
Distr. —New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, 
North-West Australia, South Australia. 
Alphaturnia pyrrhothorax pyrrhothorax (Gould). (22-553.) 
Hemipodius pyrrhothorax Gould, Birds Austr. pt. ii. 1841: Aber¬ 
deen, Upper Hunter River, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, 
Austr. v. pi. 88.) 
Distr .—New South Wales and Southern Queensland and South 
Australia. 
Alphaturnia pyrrhothorax berneyi (Mathews). 
Turnix pyrrhothorax berneyi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 182, 
1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. (Fig. Math. pi. 18.) 
Distr .—North-West Australia. 
Alphaturnia pyrrhothorax intermedia (Mathews). 
Austrotvrnix pyrrhothorax intermedia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 
vol. iii. p. 53, 1916 : Wyangarie, North Queensland. 
Distr .—North Queensland and Northern Territory. 
