riiAsiANii).?;. 95 



d'. Hind toe witli a rudimentary 

 claw; tarsi in male armed with 



one or more pairs of spurs 15. Caloperdix, 



d". Tail with 10 to 12 feathers. [p. 222. 

 e'". First primary falls between the 

 sixth and tenth. 

 e*. First primary is equal to the tenth. 

 c'. Hind toe with a rudimentaiy 

 claw. 

 «'. Head crested ; bill mode- 

 rately stout 16. RoLLULus, p. 225. 



b^. Head with no crest ; bill very 



stout 17. Melanoperdix, 



d'\ Hind toe with a well-developed [p. 227. 



claw. 

 6*. Wing 6 inches : short crest of 

 the head and under tail- 

 coverts crimson ; tarsi with- 

 out spurs (but only female 



known) 14. IL?:matort\-x, 



<?. Wing more than 7 inches: [p. 221. 



no crest ; tarsi in male armed 

 with a pair of sharp spurs . . 8. Rhizothera, 

 e^. Wing less than 4 inches ; no [p. 183. 



crest ; tarsi in the male 

 anned with blunt tubercles. . 12. Microperdix, 

 y. First primary varies in length be- [p. 202. 



tween the sixth and eiirhth. 

 e'. Wing less than 4 inches ; tarsi 

 in male armed with a blunt 



tubercle 11. Perdicula, 



f'\ Wing more than 4 inches. [p. 197. 



/*. Bill yellowish ; general colour 



of plumage isabelline 5. Ammopehdix, 



y". Bill black ; plumage varied [p. 123. 



with bright colours 10. Margaropehdix, 



/'". First primary falls between the [p. 195. 



second and fourth. 

 (7*. Axillaries long and pure white . . 18. Coturnix, p. 229. 



/('. Axillaries short and grey 19. Syncecus, p. 24G. 



e". Tail with 8 feathers '. 20. Exoalkactoria, 



[p. 249. 

 l>. First primary considerably shorter than the 

 tenth primary * (or if longer, as in Pha- 

 sirniu", the tail is always longer than the 

 wing) ; the tail is shorter, or much longer, 

 than tlie wing ; sides of the head feathered 

 or entirely naked. {P/iasinni»<s.) 

 c'. Featliers of the upper parts not squarely 

 truncate. 

 /". If the head and neck are mostly naked, 

 the tail is always longer than the 

 ■wing. 



* In PAanianiig tlie first primary is about equal to ihe ciglitliand considerably 

 longer than the tenth ; but the length of the tail is always greater than that of 

 the wing. 



