140 CARTJJAT^. 



Taoperdix pessieti (Gervais '). 

 Syn. Tctrao {"i) pessieti, Gervais-. 



The type and only species. 



Hah. Europe (France). 



From the Eocene of Armissan (Aude). 



Genus PHASIANUS, Brisson \ 

 The tarso-metatarsus is very similar to that of GaUus (infra), but 

 is less flattened from front to back, with a slightly smaller talon, 

 which has no ligamcntal groove on the outer side of the external 

 ridge ; in the males the spur is less long and slender. The tibio- 

 tarsus is stout, with its anterior surface rounded above and flattened 

 below ; the distal extremity is narrow with large condyles, a narrow 

 but deep intercondylar gorge, and a long and transverse bridge over 

 the extensor groove, the upper part of the latter being shallow. 



Phasianus (?), sp. 

 The undermentioned specimen indicates a bird slightly larger 

 than P. colcliicus, and agrees with Phasianus, as distinguished from 

 Gallus, in the short and rounded intermetacarpal process. 



30517 e. The imperfect left metacarpus ; from the cavern-deposits 

 of the Lahn Valley, Central Germany. 



Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 



Phasianus archiaci, Gaudry ^. 

 Known by the tarso-metatarsus, which agrees in size with the corresponding 

 bone of P. colchicus. 

 Hab. Europe (Greece). 

 From the Lower PHocene of Pikermi (Attica). 



Phasianus altus, Milne-Edwards \ 

 Described upon the evidence of the imperfect tarso-metatarsus 



and tibio-tarsus, which indicate a species of the size of Tetrao uro- 



gallus. 



Hah. Europe (France and Switzerland). 



1 Comptes Eendus, vol. liv. p. 896 {\^Q,\).— Tetrao. 



2 Loc. cit. 



3 Ornithologie, vol. i. p. 262 (1760). 



* Comptes Rendus, vol. liv. p. 502 (1861). See also ' Animaux Fossiles et 

 Geologie de I'Attique,' p. 309. 



' Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. ii. p. 239 (1869-71). 



