TURNIX.
Characters as in " Turnices." Turnix sylvatica sylvatica (Desfontaines). ANDALUSIAN HEMIPODE. Span. 'Pori llo.
y Above black barred with chestnut and with some white streaks ; on crown a buff streak ; wing coverts barred black and chestnut and tipped pale buff ; beneath, breast at sides black with buff margins, in the centre cinnamon, abdomen buff, flanks and under tail coverts chestnut. Iris yellow. Bill bluish grey.
Legs and feet light brown. Wing 95-502. Tarsus 23-25. Bill 11-12 (H.). Smaller and less brightly coloured. Wing 86-96. Tarsus 23. Bill 10.
Resident.—S. Spain and Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli. Has occurred S. France and Italy ; formerly bred Sicily.