. The birds of South Africa. Birds. TUBNICID^ TURNIX 237 B. Scapulars margined with golden-buff. a. Throat white, breast thickly spotted with blue T. hoUentotta j?,p. 237. 6. Throat and breast rufous, spots not very numerous T. hoUentotta ? , p. 237. c. Throat white, no spots, sides of the breast barred T. nana, p. Pig. 73.âLeft foot of Turnix lepurana. x â }â 667. Turnix hottentotta. Hottentot Hemipode. Hemipodius hottentottus, Temm. Pig. et Gall, iii, pp. 636, 757 (1815). Turnix hottentottus, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 276 (1867); id. Ihis, 1869, p. 875; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 6
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. TUBNICID^ TURNIX 237 B. Scapulars margined with golden-buff. a. Throat white, breast thickly spotted with blue T. hoUentotta j?,p. 237. 6. Throat and breast rufous, spots not very numerous T. hoUentotta ? , p. 237. c. Throat white, no spots, sides of the breast barred T. nana, p. Pig. 73.âLeft foot of Turnix lepurana. x â }â 667. Turnix hottentotta. Hottentot Hemipode. Hemipodius hottentottus, Temm. Pig. et Gall, iii, pp. 636, 757 (1815). Turnix hottentottus, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 276 (1867); id. Ihis, 1869, p. 875; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 607 (1884) ; Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 464 ; id. Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 542 (1893); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 178 (1896); Grant, Game Bds. ii, p. 275 (1897) ; Eeichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 303 (1900). " Sand Quail" of English, " Eeit Quartel " of Dutch Colonists. Description. Adtdt Male.âGeneral colour above, dark rufous; most of the feathers barred with black and edged with white, giving a general mottled appearance ; scapulars conspicuously margined with golden-buff; wing-quills blackish-brown, the outer primary strongly margined with white ; lores, space round the eye and cheeks mottled buff and white, chin and throat white; rest of the under parts also white, covered with semicircular black spots, most numerous on the chest; a slight wash of pale buff on the chest as well; tail elongated and ppinted. Length 60; wing 2-90 ; tail 1*40 ; culmen -40 ; tarsus -90. In the female the chin, throat and chest are rusty-rufous and the abdomen and under tail-coverts white, the spots are very much fewer in number, in one specimen being almost absent. Wing 3-2. Distribution.âThis bird is apparently confined to the southern portion of the Cape Colony; it does not seem to reach Natal, nor has it hitherto been met with north of the Orange Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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