TUENIX. 
287 
brown, light brown, and slaty-grey markings, the blotches becoming 
larger on the thicker end. Length (A) 0'9 x 0-7 inch ; (B) 087 
x 0'7 inch ; (C) 0'85 x 0'67 inch. 
A set in K. H. Bennett’s Collection, taken on the 18th of 
October 1S8G, at Mossgiel, are of a bluish-white ground colour, 
minutely freckled all over, intermingled with markings of light 
chestnut, chestnut-brown, and slaty-grey, the latter colour in one 
or two places forming small clouded blotches. Length (A) 093 
x 075 inch ; (B) 093 x 076 inch ; (C) 0 95 x 0 - 76 inch ; ID) 
0 - 93 x 0'75 inch. 
A set taken by Mr. W. Liscombe in October 1883, has the 
entire surface of the shell obscured by very faint confluent 
markings of reddish-chestnut and slaty-grey. Length (A) 091 x 
0-75 inch; (B) 0-89 x 073 inch; (C) 0-9 x 072inch; (D) 0-92 
x 073 inch. 
Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Wide Bay District, Richmond 
and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, 
Victoria and South Australia, West and South-West Australia. 
( Ramsay.) 
TURNIX PYRRITOTHORAX, Gould. 
Red-chested Turnix. 
Gould, Ilandbh. lids. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 484, p. 18G. 
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The nidification of this bird is similar to that of the preceding 
species. A nest found by Dr. Ramsay during 1864 at “ Manar,” 
New South Wales, was merely a shallow grass-lined depression in 
the earth, sheltered by a wind-bent tuft of grass. Eggs four in 
number for a sitting, in form swollen ovals, of a dull white ground 
colour, which is almost obscured by indistinct markings of 
chestnut and slaty-brown ; in some specimens the markings are 
larger and more pronounced, even in the same set. Length (A) 
1 x 0-79 inch; (B) 0-98 x 076 inch. 
