402 Mr. Vigors's Sketches in Ornithology. 



Melithreptus. VieiU. — Creadion. Vieill. — Mimetes. King?. 

 — Sericulus. Swains. ? — Ptilorls. Swains, — Potnatorhi- 

 nus.* Horsf. ? — Prinia. Horsf. ? 



ORDO in. RASORES. III. [GalHnae. Linn.^ 

 1. Fam. Columbid^. Leach. [Gen. Columba. Linn.] 



Treron. VieiU. [Vinago. Cuv.~\ — Columba. Aud. — Ptili- 



nopus. Swains. — Lophyrus. Vieill. 

 il. Fam. Phasianid^. [Gen. Meleagris. Pavo. Phasianus. 



Numida. Linn.] 

 Meleagris. Linn. [Gallo-pavo. Briss.'] — Pavo. Linn. — Di- 



plectron. Vieill. [Polyplectron. Temm.~\ — Gallus. Briss. 



— Monaulus. Vieill. [Lophophorus. Temm.'] — Phasianus. 



Auct. — Argus. Temm. — Numida. Linn. [Meleagris. 



Briss.~\ 



III. Fam. Tetkaonid^. Leach. [Gen. Tetrao. Linn. J 

 Liponyx. Vieill. [Cryptonyx. Temm.'\ — Odontophorus. 



Vieill. — Coturnix. Cuv. — Perclix. Briss. — Ganga. Vieill. 

 [Pterocles. Temm.'\ — Tetrao Auct. — Lagopus. Vieill. — 

 Syrrhaptes. III. [Heteroclitus, Vieill.'] — Ortygis. III. 

 [Ortygodes Vieill. Hemipodius. Temm.] — Tinamus. 

 Lath. [Crypturus. III. Cryptura. Vieill.'] 



IV. Fam. Struthionid^. [Gen. Struthio. Otis, Linn.] 

 Rhea. Briss. — Struthio. Linn. — Casuarius. Briss. — Dromi- 



ceius. Vieill. — Didus. Linn. [Raphus. Briss.] — Otis. 

 Litm. 



V. Fam. CaAciDiE. [Gen. Crax. Linn.] 



Ourax. Cuv. [Pauxi. Temm^ — Crax. Linn. — Penelope. 

 Merr. — Ortalida. Merr. — Opisthocomus. Hoffm. ? 

 [Orthocorys. Vieill.] — Menura. Lath. — Megapodius. 

 Temm. 



* I feel some doubt whether the above genera Pomatorhinus and Prinia 

 belong to the present family or to the CerthiadcB. The formation of their 

 tongue and the nature of their food, at present unknown, will determine this 

 po nt. 



