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R A SORES. 



TETRAONID^E. 



TETRAON1DM. 



THE ANDALUSIAN HEMIPODE. 



Hemipodius tachydromus. 



Gibraltar Quail, LATH. Syn. vol. iv. p. 790, sp. 37. 

 Andalusian p. 791, sp. 38. 



fig. frontispiece to the vol. 



Hemipodius tachydromus, Andalusian Tumix, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiv. 

 Turnix tachydrome, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol.ii. p. 494. 



lunatus a croissans, vol.ii. p. 495. 



tachydromus, tachydrome, vol. iv. p. 3 40. 



HEMIPODHTS. Generic Characters. Beak moderate, slender, very compressed ; 

 culmen elevated and curved towards the point. Nostrils lateral, linear, longi- 

 tudinally cleft, partly closed by a membrane. Tarsus rather long. Toes three 

 before, entirely divided ; no posterior toe. Tail composed of weak yielding fea- 

 thers clustered together, and concealed by the feathers of the back. Wings 

 moderate, the first quill-feather the longest. Gould. 



THE term Hemipodius, signifying Half-foot, was applied 

 generically by M. Temminck in 1815 to several species of 



