PHASIANIIi^. 



141 



Typicidly from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), but also 

 recorded by Dejjeret from the corresponding beds of Grive- 

 St.-^Vlban. 



40132. Fragment of rock showing a left tibio-tarsus, a])parently 

 {Fig.) referable to this species ; from the Upper Miocene of 

 (Eningen, Switzerland. The greater part of the shaft is 

 crushed flat, and part of the posterior distal trochlea is 

 broken away. The length of the entire bone is 0,164. 

 The comparative shortness of the specimen, the small size 

 of the distal extremity, and the narrow intercondylar 

 gorge (fig. 34) at once serve to distinguish this bone from 



Fig. 34. 



Phasiamis alius. — Distal extremity of the left tibio-tarsus; from the 

 Upper Miocene of CEningen. \. 



Pavo. From Tetrao it is distinguished by the deeper 

 intercondylar gorge, and the greater length and horizontal 

 position of the extensor bridge, which is crushed down upon 

 the shaft. The specimen cannot be distinguished from 

 the type tibio-tarsus figured by Milne-Edwards in the 

 work cited. Van Breda Collection. Purchased, 1S71. 



Phasianus medius, Milne-Edwards ^ 



Known by the distal part of the tarso-metatarsiis, which is smaller than that 

 of P. archiaci. 



Hab. Europe (France). 



From the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers). 



Phasianus desnoyersi, Milne-Edwards -. 

 Founded upon a metacarpus which indicates a species intermediate in size 

 between the two preceding. 

 Hah. Europe (France). 

 From the Miocene of the Orleannais. 



' Oiseaus Fossik-s de la France, vol. ii. p. 242 (18G9-71). " Ibid. p. 243. 



