Note upon the nidification of Turnix melanotus, Gould. Small Black-spotted Turnix
Abstract
Of the three small species of Turnix found in Australia, two of them, T. velox and T. pyrrhothorax, give decided preference to the open grassy plains of the inland districts, while Turnix melanotus is essentially an inhabitant of the low marshy ground and damp scrubs contiguous to the eastern coast of Australia. Near Sydney the latter species is not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Randwick, Botany, and La Perouse, localities also frequented by the Least Swamp Quail, Excaifatoria australis, and both species, shot at Botany on the same day, have been recently presented to the Museum.
