132 PERDICINiE. 



GENUS II. LAGOPUS. PTARMIGAN. 



A bare papillate space with a loose fringed edge over the eye. 

 Bill short, strong, slightly curved ; upper mandible having its 

 dorsal outline arcuato-declinate, the edges arched, the tip 

 rounded ; lower mandible with its dorsal outline straight. 

 Tarsi short, covered w4th feathers ; toes also feathered above, 

 without lateral prominent scales ; the hind toe very small and 

 elevated ; claws rather long, arched, depressed, with parallel 

 edo^es. 



1. Lagopiis Scoticus. Broicn Ptarmigan. lilale with the 

 plumage chestnut-brown, inclining to red on the neck, on the 

 body variegated with black, on the breast blackish, mottled 

 with white. Female reddish-yellow, spotted and barred with 

 black. The tints of the summer plumage lighter. 



2. Lagopus cinereus. Grey Ptarmigan. At all seasons, the 

 tail black, the wings and lower parts white, the shafts of the 

 primaries brown. In winter, the male and female white ; the 

 former with a black band from the bill to the eye. In spring 

 both sexes white, mottled with dark grey. In summer the 

 upper parts and sides spotted and barred wdth yellow and 

 brownish-black. In autumn the upper parts and sides finely 

 barred with greyish-white and greyish-black ; the head, neck, 

 and sides retaining the yellow summer feathers longest. 



GENUS III. PERDIX. PARTRIDGE. 



Bill short, strong ; upper mandible having its dorsal outline 

 arcuato-declinate, the edges arched, the tip blunt ; lower man- 

 dible with its dorsal outline slightly convex. A bare space 

 behind the eye. Tarsi short, strong, anteriorly covered with 

 two series of scutella, posteriorly with two series of scales, and 

 in the male bearing a blunt or flattened tubercle. Toes mar- 

 ginate, with numerous scutella above ; claws short, strong, 

 moderately compressed, arcuato-declinate. Wings with the first 

 quill longer than the seventh. Tail short, rounded. 



1. Perdix rubra. Picd-legged Partridge. Bill and feet red ; 



