AVES. 427 



horny laminae ; — Gallns (cneus Cuv., Temm. PI. color. 374 ; — Galliis 

 Lafayettii Less., Desmues PI. peintes 18, at Ceylon, &c. 



Euplocomus Temm. Macartneija Less., (Gallophasis Hodgs., Gray 

 iu part). Head ornamented with a crest of elongate plumes. Tarsi 

 elongate. 



Sp. Gallus Cuvlcri Temm. PI. color, i, Bengal; — GctUus ignitus, Phasianus 

 ignitus Shaw, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 61, fig. 3, &c. 



Tragopan Cuv., Geriornis Swainson, Gray. Head in males 

 with two small horns behind the eyes, directed obliquely backwards. 

 Throat with a na,ked, expansile caruncle on each side. 



Sp. Gallus satyrus nob., Meleagris Satyra L., Tragopan satyrus Temm. PI. 

 color. 543 male, 544 fem., Guerin Iconogr., Ois. PI. 43, fig. 4 ; — Gallus 

 Hastingsii, Tragopan Hastingsil Vigors, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 62, 

 fig. I, (under the name of Satyrus). 



Note. — Some sub-genera are here omitted, on which consult Gray Genera 

 of Birds, iii. 



Family XV. CrypturincB {Tinamidce GtRAy). Bill moderate 

 or short, slender, mostly cm-ved abruptly at the tip, deeply cloven 

 as far as below the posterior margin of eyes. Tarsi almost always 

 scutellate anteriorly, longer than middle toe, unarmed. Toes 

 cloven, tlie lateral toes much shorter than the middle; hallux 

 elevated or none. Claws blunt, broad, short. Tail short or none, 

 with coverts somewhat long, sometimes forming a false tail. 



A small family of South American birds; most of them are of 

 the size of a partridge or woodcock, and are usually coloured red- 

 brown or grey-brown. 



Crypturus Illig., Tinamus Lath. Bill shorter than head, 

 with upper mandible produced beyond lower at the tip. Nostrils 

 in the middle of bill. Wings with first quill short, fourth and fifth 

 longest of all. Tarsi covered anteriorly with a single row of 

 scutella. Hallux short, elevated. 



Sp. Crypturus hrasiliensis, Tinamus bras. Lath., Tetrao major Gmel., Buff. 

 PI. enl. 476, and Hist. nat. des Ois. IV. PI. 24, Lesson Ornith. PI. 89, 

 fig. I ; — Crypturus variegatus, Tinamus varieg. Lath., Buff. PL enl. 828, 

 Gov. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 65, fig. 3. 



Sub-genus Nothura Wagl., Gray. Sp. Crypturus namis, Tinamus 

 >ian!<s Temm. PI. col, 316; Paraguay. 



