chap, xviii.] BIKDS. 339 



Oriental regions, and the Australian to New Zealand ; Bollulus (2 

 sp.), Siam to Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines ; Caloperdix (1 

 sp.), Malacca and Sumatra ; Odo7itophorus (17 sp.), Brazil and 

 Peru to Mexico ; Dendrorlyx (3 sp.), Guatemala and Mexico ; 

 Cyrtonyx (3 sp.), Guatemala to New Mexico ; Ortyx (8 sp.), Hon- 

 duras and Cuba to Canada ; Eupsychortyx (6 sp.), Brazil and 

 Ecuador to Mexico ; Callipepla (3 sp.), Mexico to California ; 

 Lophortyx (2 sp.), Arizona and California ; Oreortyx (1 sp.), Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon (Plate XVIII., Vol. II. p. 128) ; Lerwa (1 sp.), 

 Snowy Himalayas and East Thibet ; Caccabis (10 sp.), Palsearc- 

 tic region to Abyssinia, Arabia and the Punjaub ; Tetraogallus 

 (4 sp.), Caucasus and Himalayas to Altai Mountains; Tetrao 

 (7 sp.), northern parts of Palrearctic and Nearctic regions ; Cen- 

 trocercus (1 sp.), Kocky Mountains ; Pedioccetes (2 sp.), North 

 and North-west America (Plate XVIII. Vol. II. p. 128) ; Gupi- 

 donia (1 sp.), East and North-Central United States and Canada ; 

 Bonasa (3 sp.), north of Nearctic and Palsearctic regions ; Lago- 

 pus (6 sp.), Arctic Zone and northern parts of Nearctic and 

 Palsearctic regions. 



Family 88.— PHASIANID^E. (18 Genera, 75 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



3- -2.3— - 2 .3 .4 1 .2.3.4 1 .2 .3.4 1 



The Phasianidge, including the Pea-fowl, Pheasants, and Jungle- 

 fowl, the Turkeys, and the Guinea-fowl, are very widely distri- 

 buted, but are far more abundant than elsewhere in the Eastern 

 parts of Asia, both tropical and temperate. Leaving out the African 

 guinea-fowls and the American turkeys, we have 13 genera and 

 63 species belonging to the Oriental and Palrearctic regions. 

 These are grouped by Mr. Elliot (whose arrangement we maiuly 

 follow) in 5 sub-families, of which 3 — Pavonnise, Euplocaminse, 

 and Gallinse — are chiefly Oriental, while the Lophophorniae and 

 Phasianinae are mostly Palsearctic or from the highlands on the 



