SYNOPSIS. xix. 



Gen. 45. GALLUS. Bill smooth at the base, thick, 

 curved : nostrils covered by an arched membrane : head 

 generally furnished with an erect fleshy crest ; throat with 

 fleshy wattles on each side of the lower mandible : ears 

 naked : tarsi with strong spurs ; anterior toes united by a 

 membrane as far as the first joint: tail of fourteen feathers, 

 compressed, more or less arched, ascending. 



* G. domesticus, Briss. v. i, p. 325 



Gen. 46. PHASIANUS. Bill short and strong, naked 

 at the base ; upper mandible very convex, tip deflected : 

 nostrils basal, lateral, covered by an arched membrane : 

 cheeks naked, adorned with scarlet papillae : three toes 

 before, united by a membrane as far as the first joint; one 

 toe behind: tarsus of the male furnished with a spur: wings 

 short; fourth and fifth quills longest: tail very long, cuneated, 

 composed of eighteen feathers. 



* P. Colchicus, Linn. - v. i, p. 339 



Gen. 47.- -NUMIDA. Bill strong, convex above, covered 

 at the base with a warty membrane, in which the nostrils are 

 placed : head naked ; crown with a callous horny protuber- 

 ance ; beneath the cheeks pendulous carunculated wattles : 

 tarsi without spurs : anterior toes united by a membrane as 

 far as the first joint: tail short, pointing downwards, of four- 

 teen or sixteen feathers. 



* N. Meleagris, Brtss. - v. i, p. 337 



Gen. 48. TETRAO.. Bill short, strong, convex above, 

 curved from the base to the tip: nostrils basal, lateral, partly 

 covered by an arched membrane, concealed by small closely 

 set feathers: eyebrows naked, adorned with scarlet papillae: 

 tarsi feathered to the toes, which are also frequently 

 feathered; three toes before, united as far as the first joint, 

 one toe behind; the margins of all sometimes pectinated: 

 wings short and rounded; first quill short, second shorter 



