xx SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE GENERA OF BIRDS 
ORDER PTEROCLETES 
FAMILY PTEROCLIDE 
94. SYRRHAPTES (Sand-grouse). Bill small, gradually decurved; nostrils 
basal, hidden; wings long, pointed, first primary largest; tail 
of sixteen feathers, cuneate, central pair long; tarsi short, strong; 
feathered to toes; three toes, all in front; hallux obsolete; soles 
rugose; claws broad and obtuse. Page 211 
ORDER GALLINZ 
Bill short and stout; culmen arched, and overhanging the mandible 
FAMILY TETRAONIDZ 
95. TxEtTRAO (Black Grouse, Capercaillie). Bill strong; eyebrows naked, 
adorned with scarlet papille ; tarsi feathered, without spurs ; front 
toes naked, with pectinated margins; hind toe larger than the 
nail. Page 212 
96. Lacépus (Red Grouse, Ptarmigan). Front toes feathered, nearly 
smooth at the margins; hind toe shorter than the nail; in other 
respects like the last. Page 215 
FAMILY PHASIANID 
Nostrils never hidden by feathers; toes never pectinated. 
97. PuastAnus (Pheasant). Cheeks naked, adorned with scarlet papille; 
tail very long, of eighteen feathers. Page 219 
98. Prrpix (Partridge). Bill strong ; orbits naked ; tarsus naked, male 
with a knob on the tarsus behind; tail of sixteen feathers, short, 
bent down. Page 222 
g9. CaccasBis (Red-legged Partridge). Tail of fourteen feathers; tarsi 
armed with blunt spurs in male. Page 225 
100. CoOTURNIX (Quail). Bill slender; orbits feathered; wings with the 
first primary longest; tail very short; almost concealed by the 
tail-coverts. Page 226 
ORDER FULICARIZ 
(RAILS AND COOTS) 
FAMILY RALLIDZ 
(Rats) 
tor. Crex (Corn-crake). Bill shorter than the head, thick at the base. 
compressed, pointed ; front toes entirely divided, not margined; 
second and third primaries longest. Tail pointed, rectrices narrow. 
Page 228 
102. Porzana (Spotted andLittleCrakes), Bill shorter than head ; wings 
shorter than in Crex; second quill longest.; secondaries shorter 
than primaries by length of hind toe and claw. Page 229 
103. Ratxius (Water-rail). Bill longer than head; wings moderate, third 
and fourth guills longest. Page 230 
