242 IV. Rasores. 20. Gallinacei. 



GENUS 78. PERDIX Briss. Lath. Cuv. La Cep. Du- 

 mer. Encyclop. Goturnix Encyclop. Cuvier. 

 Pcollulus Encyclop. (Feldhuhn Germ. Per- 

 drix, Caille Gall. Partridge, Quail Angl.) 



Rostrum breve, crassiusculum, compressiusculum, 

 basi nudum, maxilla fornicata, convexa, subadun- 

 ca, mandibulae gonyde recta porrecta. 



Na res basales, squama fornicali superne semiclau- 

 sae, aritice implumes. Lingua carnosa, integra, 

 apice acuta. 



Caput plumatum; circa oculos saepius maculae im- 

 plumes verrucosae. Cauda brevis, rectricibns 

 densis, i8« 



Pedes insidentes, mediöcres, congrui, nudi (non- 

 nullis teiradactyii fissi ?) Tarsus saepius calcara- 

 tus. Tarsotheca clypeato-scutulata. Acro- 

 dactyla scutulata. Hallux digito interno plus 

 dimidio brevior, rarius exunguiculatus. Ungues 

 falculares, paullulum incurvati, acutiusculi, hallu- 

 cis interdum nullus. 



Species: Tetrao Perdix, Guinnensis, Coturnix Zw. 

 Halluce exunguiculato, digitis fissis ? (Rollulus 

 Encyclop.) Columba cristata LinGmel. (Tetrao vi- 

 ridis, LinGmel. Phasianus cristatus Mus. Carls.) 



31. (2) Familia. 

 Epollicati (Ungedaumte Vogel.) 



Rostrum mediocre, gracilius, rectum, compres- 

 siusculum, dertro compresso-fornicato. 

 Pedes gradarii, tridactyli, halluce nullo. 



GENUS 79. ORTYGIS ( ö ^| coturnix) Turnix Ency- 

 clop. Tridactylus La Cepede (Laufhuhn 

 Germ.) 

 Rostrum mediocre, gracilius, rectum, compressum, 

 acutum , dertro compresso-fornicato, culmine in 

 apjcem deflexo ; mandibulae gonyde oblique as- 

 cendente. 



