OF GENERA. XX111 



Family II. PHASIANID.E. 

 (PHEASANTS.) 



Hind toe placed higher up than the others ; tarsus armed with 

 a spur ; tail of more than twelve feathers ; bill strong ; nostril covered 

 with a vaulted, smooth, naked, horny scale ; head more or less 

 naked. 



Birds of large size, imposing aspect, and magnificent plumage, 

 held in great esteem for the excellence of their flesh, and domesti- 

 cated from the earliest ages. In this tribe are included the Turkey, 

 Peacock, Barn-door Fowl, Guinea Fowl, and Pheasant, of which 

 the last only is found in a partially wild state in England. 



76. PHASIANUS (Pheasant). Cheeks naked, adorned with scarlet 

 papillss ; tail very long, of eighteen feathers. Page 341. 



Family III. TETRAONID.E. 

 (PARTRIDGES AND THEIR ALLIES.) 



Hind toe placed higher than the others, short and weak, or alto- 

 gether wanting ; tarsi generally spurred ; tail short, of twelve feathers 

 or more. 



77. TETRAO (Black Grouse, Capercaillie). Bill strong ; eyebrows 

 naked, adorned with scarlet papillae ; tarsi feathered, without spurs ; 

 front toes naked, with pectinated margins ; hind toe larger than the 

 nail. Page 346. 



78. LAGOPTJS (Red Grouse, Ptarmigan). Front toes feathered, 

 nearly smooth at the margins ; hind toe shorter than the nail ; in 

 other respects like the last. Page 351. 



79. PERDIX (Partridge). Bill strong; orbits naked; tarsus 

 naked, male with a knob on the tarsus behind ; tail of from four- 

 teen to eighteen feathers, short, bent down. Page 358. 



80. ORTYX (Virginian Quail). Bill very thick and strong; 

 orbits feathered ; tarsus unarmed ; tail short, of twelve feathers ; 

 wings with the first primary very short. Page 366. 



81. COTURNIX (Quail). Bill slender; orbits feathered; wings 

 with the first primary longest ; tail very short, almost concealed by 

 the tail-coverts. Page 366. 



82. HEMIPODITJS (Hemipode). Beak slender, compressed ; nos- 

 trils lateral, very narrow, partly closed by a membrane ; tarsus rather 

 long ; hind toe wanting ; tail very short, hid by the tail-coverts. 



Page 371. 



Family IV. STRUTHIONID^I. 



(BUSTARDS.) 

 Hind toe wanting ; tarsi unarmed ; wings very short. 



83. OTIS (Bustard). Legs long, naked above the knee ; wings 

 moderate ; hind quill longest Page 372. 



