SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Bulletin 50 



THE BIRDS OF 

 NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG 



OF THE 



HIGHER GROUPS, GENERA, SPECIES, AND SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS 



KNOWN TO OCCUR IN NORTH AMERICA, FROM THE ARCTIC 



LANDS TO THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, THE WEST INDIES 



AND OTHER ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA, 



AND THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO 



commenced by the late 

 ROBERT RIDGWAY 



continued by 



HERBERT FRIEDMANN 



Part X 



Family Cracidae — The Curassows, Guans, and Chachalacas 



Family Tetraonidae — The Grouse, Ptarmigan, etc. 



Family Phasianidae — The American Quails, Partridges, and Pheasants 



Family Numididae — The Guineafowls 



Family Meleagrididae — The Turkeys 



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