16 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



GALLIFORMES. 



Game Birds. 



, f With three toes only ... ... ... 2 



( With four toes ... ... ... ... 3 



jjf Breast barred across... Tumix pugnax plumhij^s. 



"[ Breast uniform in centre ... Turnix tanki hlanfordi 



(Large birds, wing 1.3 inches or over ... ... 4 



Medium sized birds, wing 12-18 inches ... ... 5 



Small birds, wing 8 inches or less ... ... 9 



(Crested ; upper tail-coverts forming a train 

 exceeding the tail feathers in length Pavo muficus. 

 Not crested ; tail coverts normal ... Argii^sianus argus. 



«f With metallic ocelli in the plumage ... ... 6 



( With no metallic ocelli ... ... ... 7 



r Greyer, with no metallic sheen on crest 



J Polyplectron hicalcarafiiin. 



I Browner, with metallic sheen on crest 



y Polyplet'fron malaccensis. 



^f Head uncrested ... Galliis ferruglneiis femmg incus. 



\ Head crested ... ... ... ... 8 



j-j Without wattles ... Gennaeus lineatus sharpei. 



\ With M'attles ... ... Loplmra rufa. 



qI Crested ... ... Rollidus roulroul. 



. I No crest ... ... ... ... 10 



^^ f Legs of the male armed with a spur ... ... 11 



( Legs of the male spurless ... ... ... 13 



-.( Hind toe with a claw ... ... ... 12 



I Hind toe with a small nail only Caloperdix ocidea. 



-- 1 Throat rufous ... ... Rhizothera longlrostrls. 



I Throat white ... ...Francolinus pintadeanus. 



(Tail with 14 feathers, exceeding the tail coverts ... 14 



Tail with 8 feathers, concealed by the coverts 

 Exccdfactoria ch hi en s is. 



(With the patch of silky feathers beneath the wing, white 15 



With the patch of silky feathers beneath the wing, grey 

 Arbor icola brunne ipectus. 



' With marked chestnut neck-patch and 



black post-auricular patch ... TropidopardixcharUoni. 

 With no marked chestnut neck-patch 



and black auricular patch ...Tropidoperdix chl(rropus. 



JOURN. NAT. HIST. HOC. SIAM. 



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