SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



BOB-WHITE. 



RUFFED GROUSE. 



Family 31. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. TETRAONID/E. 

 Characters the same as those of the Order; tarsus naked in Partridges and 

 Quails; more or less feathered in Grouse and Ptarmigan. 



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