16 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



GALLIFORMES. 



Game Birds. 



With three toes only ... ... ... 2 



With four toes ... ... ... ... 3 



n f Breast barred across... Turnix pugnax plumhipea. 

 \ Breast uniform in centre ... Turnix tanki blanfordi. 



J" Large birds, wing 13 inches or over ... ... 4 



3-^ Medium sized birds, wing 12-18 inches ... ... 5 



( Small birds, wing 8 inches or less ... ... 9 



(Crested ; upper tail-coverts forming a train 

 exceeding the tail feathers in length Ptivo muficus. 



Not crested ; tail coverts normal . . . Ar[pis'ianxiyS coy us. 



f,j With metallic ocelli in the plumage ... ... 6 



I With no metallic ocelli ... ... ... 7 



C Greyer, with no metallic sheen on crest 



J Polyplecfron hicalcarafum. 



] Browner, with metallic sheen on crest 



[ Polyplecfron vialaccensif^. 



^f Head uncrested ... Gidlus ferrivgineust ferrugineus. 



( Head crested ... ... ... ... 8 



( Without wattles ... Getinaeus lineatus sharpei. 



\ With wattles ... ... Lophura rufa. 



Crested ... ... Rollulus roulroul. 



No crest ... ... ... ... 10 



Legs of the male armed with a spur ... ... 11 



Legs of the male spurless ... .... ... 13 



Hind toe with a claw ... ... ... 12 



Hind toe with a small nail only Caloperdix oculea. 



Throat rufous ... ... Rhizothera longirostris. 



Throat white ... ...Francolinus jiintadeanus. 



^ Tail with 14 feathers, exceeding the tail coverts ... 14 



13] Tail with 8 feathers, concealed by the coverts 



( Excalf actor la chinensU. 



(With the patch of silky feathers beneath the wing, white 15 



With the patch of silky feathers beneath the wing, grey 

 Arbor icola hrunne i pectus. 

 ' With marked chestnut neck-patch and 

 -_ black post-auricular patch ... Trojyidopeirdix charltoni. 



' With no marked chestnut neck-patch 



and black auricular patch . . .Tropidoperdix cldoroptis. 



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