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H ^ » O D ^ ^ « |k S T A N O T U S , Gould,
r -?^BeBt^ji^baeked Hemipode.
Hemipodius castanotus, Gou\&m I'iik ot 'VII, n, 145.
Wm-do-hom, Aborigines of IhirtTSssingtoni :
Thick-billed Quail, Colonists.
Chestnut-bg^l^e4Jl)temipode inhabits tbtSJjjbfflrepi'and north-western portions of Australia; spe-
cimi n„ liniujrhirlitti i"’h ire Keen forwarded to meR|y,-Mr. Bynoe and'ln"Mr.fWriilu o f H.M.S. Beagle;
MrXiilhurt also found it at Fort Essington, and his notes respecting it I here tr a n s c r ib e -
"T h is i§- a tolerably abundant species, sidesfafstony hills in coveys of from fifteen to
l ^ t y in number; which, when disturbed!, seldomirise together, butSun along the «•wind, and it is only upon
being very closely pursued that’it^ ^ m l l'tah e wing, andSjthen they merely fly tp a'sh o rt distance: w i f e
running on the grouud tin ic.lu .idO^gplirupii up as high asHtSeir. necks will permit, and their hodies being
S ilflS S ^ e rj erect', a wadilling^iuotiiin* hpiriit-u to; their/gait, which is very lU (5S u ||f(T h e stomachs <*
contained M H gm d a Jarge proportion of pebbles-”
Head, neck ettd ehsft^piive-grey, the feathers.of'the'h^^Snd neck spotted wittrfawiff^hite at the tip, and
those of the chest having a spatulate mark of the same ccdojir down the centre; centreW'the abdomen and
the under tail-coverts pale buff; a narrowijitripfftiver'each eye, back, shoulders chestnut; the
.pn the back and shoulders spottedCuMsjBte, the white spots bounded tj{(£rfori}r with black;
brown, edged with huff ;^^®®^mboge-yellov : bdl light aSh-grcyjBtked skinround the eye
«Boke-grey; tarsi and feet kiug’s-yellow.
The Plate represents the two sexes o f the natural size.