42 CLASSIFICATION OF PIRDS. 
Suborder 31. GALLIN A. 
The Pheasants and their allies may be diagnosed as follows :— 
A. Basipterygoid processes articulating with the pterygoids as near the palatines as 
possible. B. Episternal process perforated to receive the feet of the coracoids, 
This diagnosis may be supplemented by many other characters :— 
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The Galline include the following families :—Phasianidx, Cracide, and Megapodiide, 
Phasianide.— Oil-gland tufted, or absent; inner notch of sternum more than half the 
length of the whole sternum ; hallux raised above the level of the front toes, and its 
basal phalanx shorter than that of the third toe. 
Cracide.—Oil-gland tufted ; inner notch of sternum less than half length of sternum ; 
hallux on same level as other toes, and its basal phalanx as long as that of 
third toe. 
Megapodiide.—Oil-gland nude; sternum more than twice the length of its inner 
notch ; hallux on same leyel as other toes, and its basal phalanx as long as that of 
the third toe. 
