( 1567.) 
Sup-FAmMILy GALLIN#. 
[hese comprise of jungle-fowls or spur-fowls found chiefly in the 
plains, one group frequents lower ranges in the district. Head, in 
some of the species, with crest and wattles; tail, in most, of 14 
feathers, in shape compressed and partially convex m appearance ; 
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upper tail-coverts elongated and dangle downwards. 
(814) GALLOPERDIX spADICEUS, Red Spur-fowl, is sometimes met 
with in thick, bamboo jungles usually at a lower elevation, about 
4,000 feet. Plumage of the cock bird is uncommonly like the domes- 
ticated, or rather Barndoor fowl to which species this spur-fow] 
belongs; in other words the latter fowl was taken from Spadiceus. 
Red Spur-fowl is more slender in form, muscular and pheasant like 
in shape. 
(813) GatLus SonNERATI, Grey Jungle-fowl, commonly called 
the moorhen is not found in the district. 
Famity TETRAONIDAS (Grouse and Partridges). 
This family is made up of Grouse, Partridges and Quails. They 
are stout, heavy, birds with shortish necks and short, stout bills ; 
tail fairly short; tarsus short and stout; face usually feathered. 
Tetraonide frequent low scrub jungle lands, and more open country. 
They are found usually in numbers, or coveys. 
Sup-Famity PERDICINE. 
I.—SNOW-COCKS and SNOW-PARTRIDGES. 
These birds form a link between Grouse and partridges. 
(816) TETRAOGALLUS HIMALAYENSIS, Himalayan Snow-cock, or 
Snow-pheasant as it is sometimes called, is not likely to be met 
with except on higher altitudes, where they are scarce and 
difficult to find. The Snow-cock lives chiefly near the snows. It is 
sometimes called by sportsmen, Snow and Strath Chuckor. It isa 
biggish, heavy, looking bird, about the size of Black-cock of western 
Highlands of Scotland. They are found chiefly on Palearctic alti- 
tudes. One usually associates them with bleak snow bound rocky 
