322 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



TURNICES. 



Hemipodes ; small Quail-like birds ; no hind toe ; 

 tail short ; male incubates and attends young. 



TURNIX. 



Characters as in "Turnices." 



Turnix sylvatica sylvatica (Desfontaines). Andalusian 

 Hemipode. Span. Torillo. 



$ 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 95-102. 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. 



GALLI. 



Game birds. Four-toed, hind toe higher than fore 

 toes ; young leave nest when hatched ; flight feathers 

 develop early. 



TETRAONID^. 



Nares covered with feathers; tarsus partly or entirely 

 feathered ; toes feathered or with a row of comb-like plates 

 on the sides. 



Lagopus. 



Tarsus and toes feathered to claws ; no spur on tarsus ; 

 frequent treeless country, mountains, and moors ; feed on 

 seeds, berries and young shoots ; nest a depression ; eggs 

 numerous, pale olivaceous, richly spotted and blotched dark 

 brown. 



