QUAILS AND HEMIPODII OF INDIA. 1] 
Having in this paper ventured to call attention to some of the desiderata in the generic 
characters of part of the Tetraonide, and having ventured to suggest the use of internal 
organization, as auxiliary to their formation, I will conclude with the assertion, that 
neither external nor internal characters (excepting size) have enabled me to fix such pre- 
cise generic distinctions (applicable to all the species) as shall satisfactorily separate the 
Quails from the Partridges proper ; and that I am reduced to the necessity of believing, 
with Theophrastus, that they are indeed dwarf Partridges: but as this very character 
is permanent through all the species', for the convenience of research they may be left 
with the honours of a family name; and to link the different species of Quails in com- 
mon ties I propose the following modifications of the generic character of Coturniz, 
throwing anomalous species into sections. 
Ordo III. RASORES, Jil. (Gaxuina, Linn.) 
Fam. Trerraonips#, Leach. (Genus Terrao, Linn.) 
Genus Corurnix. 
Rostrum forte, capite brevius ; mandibuld superiore arcuata. 
Nares laterales, basales, membrana arcuata semiclause, anticé implumes. 
Pedes tetradactyli; digitis anticis membrana usque ad articulum primum connexis. 
Cauda brevis, rotundata, recumbens. 
Oss. Magnitudine utplurimum Perdicis cinerez dimidium paullo superantes. 
A. Mandibulé superiore parim arcuata; alis acuminatis ; tarsis muticis. 
1. Corurnix pactytisonans, Mey. 
Large gray Quail. Lohah and Lowah of the Mahrattas. 
Although this species is well described by M. Temminck, I deem it necessary to put 
into an English dress some details respecting the Indian bird. 
Bill short, brown, or blackish brown, sharp, wider than high, ,*, to 4 inch long. 
Tongue fleshy, shortish, broad, but sharp-pointed. Legs pale or flesh-coloured. Tibia 
1,4, inch. Tarsi 1 inch.~ Middle toe 1 inch. Nail =2, inch. Hind toe and nail ~7, inch. 
Trides reddish brown or yellowish brown: in Shaw’s ‘ Zoology’ they are described as 
yellow. Head chocolate brown, with the feathers tipped reddish. There is a tawny or 
yellowish stripe over each eye, and a similar stripe down the centre of the crown. Ears 
reddish brown. Throat gray or tarnished white, but in old males there is a disposition 
' Size, although very convenient to separate the Quails from the Partridges, cannot generally be admitted 
as an element in the formation of generic groups, otherwise the domestic Cat would belong to a different genus 
from the royal Tiger, and the Shetland Pony would be far removed from the colossal dray Horse. 
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