AYES. 429 



between the two rows. Toes cloven, unequal; Inner shorter than 

 outer; hallux none. Wings short, with first three quills sub- 

 equal, longest of all. Tail short, with 12 feathers, concealed under 

 the coverts. 



Sp. Hemipodius tachydromus Temm., Tetrao andalusicus GtMEL. and Gihral- 

 taricus ejusd., GouLD Birds of Europe, IV. PI. 264, Diet. univ. d'Uist. naf., 

 Ois. PL 27, fig. 2; — Hemipodius nigricollis, Tetrao nigricollis Gmel., 

 Briss. Ornith. I. Tab. 24, fig. 2, Buff. PI. enl. I'ji, Madagascar; — 

 Hemipodius pugnax Temm. PI. col. 60, fig. 2, Gder. Iconogr., Ois. PL 

 46, fig. 2 ; at Java and elsewhere in the East Indies ; the Javanese amuse 

 themselves with the exhibition of the combats of these little birds. There 

 are still other different species of this genus, which belong to the smallest 

 birds of this order ; they are all from the eastern hemisphere. 



Ortyxelos Yieill., Gray. (Bill slender. Tibite half-naked, as in 

 the waders. Wings with third quill longest. Other characters 

 those of the preceding genus, to which it has great affinity.) 



Sp. Hemipodius Meiffrenii Temm. PI. color. 60, fig. i, Senegal. 



Pedionomus GoULD, Gkay, Turnicigralla Desmuks. Bill 

 moderate, compressed towards the tip, nearly straight, with nos- 

 trils placed in an elongate groove. Tibiee naked above the heel. 

 Tarsi covered with scutes before and behind. Feet tetradac- 

 tylous, with hallux raised, small. Wings with first three quills 

 longest, subequal. Tail short, concealed by the feathers of the 

 rump. 



Sp. Pedionomus torquatus Gould; Proceed, of the Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 114, 

 Ped. microurus, ibid. 1842, jj. 20, Birds of Australia, 



Coturmx MoEHRiNG, Briss., Gray, Ortygion Keyserl. and 

 Blasius. Bill short, curved, vaulted, with tip of upper mandible 

 produced beyond the lower. Nostrils basal, surrounded by mem- 

 brane, placed near the culmen of bill. Tarsi covered anteriorly 

 with a double row of scutes, unarmed. Anterior toes joined at the 

 base by membrane ; hallux resting on the point. Wings short, with 

 first three quills, sometimes third and fourth subequal, longest of 

 all. Tail very short, concealed under the feathers of rump, with 

 12 feathers. 



Sp. Coturnix vulgaris Jardine, Coturnix dactylisonans Meyer, Tetrao Co- 

 turnix L., BuFF. PI. enl. 170, Nadm. Taf. 166; the quail, la caille, die 

 Wachtel. A bird dispersed over many countries of Europe, Northern and 

 Western Africa, and occurring also at the Cape of Good Hope and in 



