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c. Rectrices 14-18, firm, broad, with broadly rounded tips, the tail at least 

 half as long as wing, moderately rounded, and projecting considerably 

 beyond coverts; longer primaries exceeding longest (proximal) sec- 

 ondaries by much less than length of tarsus; nearly straight (not dis- 

 tinctly if at all bowed) ; outermost primary not longer (usually shorter) 

 than sixth (from outside), the third to fifth longest; bill relatively 

 much larger and thicker ; the culmen broad and rounded, the basal 

 portion (mesorhinium) broad, short, obtuse or rounded at posterior 

 end; legs and feet much stouter; size larger (wing ISO mm. or more) 

 (Perdicinae). 

 d. Rectrices 14 or more. 

 e. Rectrices 14. 

 /. Tail half or more than half as long as wing. 

 g. Tail less than three-fourths as long as wing. 



Alectoris (introduced ; status uncertain)'^ 

 gg. Tail more than three- fourths the length of the wing. 



Bambusicola (introduced unsuccessfully)" 

 ee. Rectrices 16-18; outermost primary shorter than seventh (from outside) ; 

 bill relatively longer, smaller, and slenderer, the distance from anterior 

 margin of nasal fossa to tip of maxilla equal to or slightly more 

 than distance from former point to anterior angle of eye ; tarsus 

 longer than middle toe with claw, without trace of rudimentary spur ; 



upper parts conspicuously variegated Perdix (p. 409) 



cc. Rectrices less than 14. 



d. Rectrices 8 Excalfactoria (introduced unsuccessfully)"" 



"Alectoris Kaup, Naturl. Syst., 1829, 180 (type, by monotypy, Perdix petrosa 

 auct., not of Gmelin = Perdix harhara Bonnaterre). — Caccabis Kaup, Naturl. 

 Syst., 1829, 183 (type, by monotypy, Perdix saxatilis Wolf and Meyer). — Chacura 

 Hodgson, in Gray, Zool. Misc., 1844, 85 (type by monotypy, Perdix chukar Gray). 

 — Pyctes Hodgson, in Gray, Zool. Misc., 1844, 85 (type by monotypy, Perdix chukar 

 Gray). 



Two species, Alectoris graeca (Meisner) and A. rufa (Linnaeus) have been 

 introduced in North America, but whether successfully or not remains to be deter- 

 mined. At least three subspecies of the first species are involved in lliese intro- 

 ductions, probably hopelessly mixed. 



''^Bambusicola Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1862 (1863), 285 (type, by 

 subsequent designation, Perdix thoracica Temminck) ; Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, 

 iii, 1921, 1943-44; Stuart Baker, Fauna Brit. India, ed. 2, Birds, v, 1928, 365-367; 

 Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 105-106. 



Introduced unsuccessfully in Stevens, Spokane, Yakima, and Garfield Counties, 

 Wash. 



''Excalfactoria Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 881 (type, by tautonymy, 

 Tetrao chincnsis Linnaeus [Coturmx excalfactoria Temminck in synonymy]). — 

 Compsortyx Heine, Nom. Mus. Hein. Ornith., 1890, 292 (new name for Excalfactoria 

 Bonaparte on grounds of purism). — Excalfatoria (emendation) Gould, Handb. Birds 

 Australia, ii, 1865, 197 .—Excalphatoria (emendation) A. Newton, Diet. Birds, 1894, 

 756. 



A few specimens of the Australian form, Excalfactoria chinensis australis Gould, 

 were liberated near Alvarado, Calif., but apparently disappeared. 



