ORDER GALLINiE— THE GAIjLINACEOUS B1KD8. 



Order GALLING.— The Gallinaceous Birds. 

 The following- families of Gall hue are represented in Illinois: 



A. Tarsi spurred, and head partly naked. 



1. Fhasianidae. 



B. Tarsi witliout spurs, and liead entirely feathered, except, sometimes, a bare space 



over eyes. 



2. Tetraonidee. 



RUBOKDRR PHASIANI. 



Family PHASIANID^.— The 1'heahants. 



Char. Hind toe short and elevated, as in Tetmonidir. Tarsi spurred. Head partly 

 naked. Tail often vaulted or arched. 



Two subfamilies of PJuis'umidee are represented in the Illinois 

 fauna, one of them (P/ucsutiiinw), however, only by introduced 

 species. Their charactei-s are as follows: 



Fhasianinge. Head mostly feathered, except round eyes. Tail elongated, graduated, 

 arched, or vaulted. Plum.igo of sexes widely different, the female much smaller 

 than the male and without l)rilliaut coloring. (Introduced species only.) 



Meleagrinae. Head entirely naked, or else with only small hair-like feathers or short tufts 

 'if imperfect feathers. Tall moileratf as to length, flat, roundeil, the feathers broad 

 and nearly truncated at tips. Sexes essentially idiki; in plumage but females duller 

 in color than males. 



SuBFA.MiLV MELEAGRIN^.— The Turkeys. 



Chab. Head uiifeathered, the skin wrinkled and often wartod, the forehead with a 

 more or less developed extensile fleshy appendage (smaller in females). Nasal fossiu bare. 

 Tail moderately lengthened, rounded at end. not vaultoil nor arolied, the feathers (more 

 than twidve) broad and nearly truncated at tips. Hind toe elevated; tarsus armed with 

 spurs in the male, l'lumagl^ of the sexes essentially alike, but females somewhat duller in 

 color than males. 



The subfamily M)/<'<u/fiua>, or Turkeys, belonj^s to that branch 

 or section of the great galliimceons Order ((ia/finw) to which 

 Professoi' Huxley has given the name of AlictoriijiiidtK, and 

 which have been later named (iitUimv. Ahi'tm-npiKhs by Messrs. 



