114 



GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 



3'. Sides of neck without tuft of feathers. 



4. Tail strikingly graduated, middle feathers 

 much the longest. 



Fedicecetes, p. 131. 



4'. Tail not strikingly graduated, middle feath- 

 ers not much the longest. 



5. Toes feathered 



Lagopus, p. 128. 



Fig. 186. 



5'. Toes naked. 



6. Tail of 20 feathers. 



Fig. 187. Dendragapus, p. 124. 



6.' Tail of 1(3 feathers. 



Caiiachites, 12G. 

 1'. Leg's not feathered down to base of toes. 



2. Neck with two blackish or brownish ruffs. 



Bonasa, p. 127. 



2'. Neck without ruffs. 



3. Tail much less than half as long as wing ; 

 claws long .... Cyrtonyx, p. 122. 



Fig. 189. 



Fig. 190. 



3'. Tail more than half as long as wing ; claws 

 moderate. 



4. Head not crested . . . Colinus, p. 114. 

 4'. Head with crest. 



5. Crest blended with feathers of crown. 



Callipepla, p. 118. 



5'. Crest distinct from feathei-s of crown. 

 6. Crest long and straight (2-3 inches). 



Oreortyx, p. 117. 



C'. Crest upright, recurved and club- 

 shaped (about 1 inch). 



Lophortyx, p. 119. 



GENUS COLINUS. 



(i neral Characters. -- Feathers of crown lengthened and erectile, but 

 not forming a distinct crest ; tail about three fifths as long as wing ; wing 

 less than five inches ; plumage of upper parts spotted and barred. 



KEY TO ADULT MALES. 



1. Throat black ridgwayi, p. 116. 



1 . Throat white. 



2. Under parts lightly and irregularly barred . virgimanus, p. 115. 



2'. Under parts heavily and closely barred .... texanus, p. 116. 



