. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ipo GALLIFORMES structure from Turnix hj the presence of a small hind-toe. The lax upper plumage is, in the female, reddish-brown with black barring and buff margins to the feathers, the lower parts being pale buff marked with black. A broad white collar spotted with black surrounds the neck, while a rust-coloured nape and. Fig. 43.—" ; Pedionomus torqnatus. x ^. chest distinguish the above sex from the male, where the collar is brown and buff. This curious bird, somewhat smaller than a Quail, inhabits grassy plains in Southern
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ipo GALLIFORMES structure from Turnix hj the presence of a small hind-toe. The lax upper plumage is, in the female, reddish-brown with black barring and buff margins to the feathers, the lower parts being pale buff marked with black. A broad white collar spotted with black surrounds the neck, while a rust-coloured nape and. Fig. 43.—" ; Pedionomus torqnatus. x ^. chest distinguish the above sex from the male, where the collar is brown and buff. This curious bird, somewhat smaller than a Quail, inhabits grassy plains in Southern and Eastern Australia, prefer- ring the wilder districts. The habits are much as in Turnix, but the nest seems never to be domed, the four eggs being of a light stone-colour, thickly freckled and blotched with brown and grey. Fam. lY. Megapodiidae.—The Megapodes, or Mound-builders, commence the section Peristeropodes (p. 186) of the Sub-Order Galli. The bill is short, stout, and arched, though rather slender in Megapodius ; the feet are exceptionally strong, and enormous for the size of the birds, Lijpoa having the smallest; while the metatarsi are usually scutellated, but are reticulated anteriorly in Ifer/acephalon, which has comparatively short and blunt claws. The abbreviated wings have ten primaries and some six secondaries. The tail is long and rounded in Tahgallus and Lipoa, with upper coverts extending to the tip in the latter; it is short but still rounded in Megajyodius ; long and obcordate when expanded in Catheturus, Ae2Jgpodius, and Megacephaloii. The rectrices number twelve in Megapodius, sixteen in Lipoa, Talc-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. London : Macmillan and Co. ; New York
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