CONTENTS. 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS {Gallina). 



Pigeons {Gyratores). The Fruit Pigeons (Trerones) :— The Parrot Pigeon. The Doves {Columbs) :— The 

 Ring-dove, Wood Pigeon, or Cushat — The Stock Dove — The Rock Dove. The Cuckoo Pigeons 



{Macropygia) : — The Passenger Pigeon, or Carolina Turtle-dove. The Turtle-doves (Turhires) : 



The Turtle-dove. The Indian Ring-doves (Strepfofeleia) : — The Indian Ring-dove — The Dwarf 

 Pigeon. The Ground Pigeons. The American Ground Pigeons [Zenaidce). The Singing Doves 

 {Melopeleia) : — The Kukuli. The Sparrow Pigeons (Pyrgiicenas) : — The Sparrow Pigeon, or Ground 

 Dove. The SPARROVir-HAWK Pigeons (Geopeleia) ■ — The Striped Span-ow-hawk Pigeon — The Speckled 

 or Wedge-tailed Turtle-dove. The Running Pigeons (Geolrygones) : — The Partridge Dove. The 

 Bronze-winged Pigeons [Phapes) : — The Crested Bronze-wing. The True Bronze-wings [Phaps] : — 

 The Common Bronze-wing .............. 141-166 



The Quail Pigeons {Geophaps) : — The Partridge Bronze-wing. The White-fleshed Pigeons {Leucosarcia] : — 

 The Wonga-Wonga Pigeon — The Hackled Ground Pigeon. The Crowned Pigeons (Goura): — The 

 Crowned Pigeon — The Victoria Crowned Pigeon — The Didunculus, or Toothed Pigeon . . . 166-172 



True Gallinaceous Birds. The Sand Grouse (Fkrocliz) -. — The Ganga, or Large Sand Grouse — The Large 

 Pin-tailed Grouse, or Khata— The Common Sand Grouse — The Striped Sand Grouse — Pallas's Sand 

 Grouse. The Grouse Tribe [Tetmonidis). The Grouse Proper {Taraones) : — The Capercali. The 

 Heath Cocks {Lyrurus) : — The Black Cock — The Hybrid Grouse — The Hazel Grouse — The Prairie Hen, 

 or Pinnated Grouse 172-195 



The Ptarmigans [Lagopus) : — The Willow Ptarmigan — The Alpine or Grey Ptarmigan — The Red Grouse, 



Brown Ptarmigan, or Gar Cock 195-202 



The Partridges {Perdices). The Snow Partridges (Telraoganus):—The Caspian Snow Partridge — The 

 Himalayan Snow Cock, or Snow Pheasant. The Red-legged Partridges (Caccabis) : — The Greek 

 Partridge — The Chuckore — The Red-legged Partridge — The Barbary Partridge — The Common Partridge. 

 The Francolins [Francolinus] .-—The Black Partridge. The Bare-necked Pheasants (Ptentistes) :— 

 The Red-necked Pheasants. The American Partridges (Odonlophori) : — The Capueira Partridge — 

 The Virginian or American Partridge. The Californian Partridge {Lop/io>iyx Califoi-tiianus) and 

 Gambel's Partridge {Lophortyx Gambelii) : — The Californian Partridge — Gambel's Partridge. The 

 Quails [Coturnues) : — The Common Quail. The Dwarf Quails (Excalfacloria) : — The Chinese Quail. 

 The Bush Quail {Turnues) :— The Black-breasted Bustard Quail— The African Bush Quail — The Collared 

 Plain-wanderer . 202-22S 



The Phasianid.'E. The Tufted Pheasants {Lophophori) : — The Monaul or Impeyan Pheasant — Lhuys' 

 Pheasant. The Tragopans, or Horned Pheasants (Cerioriiis) : — The Sikkim Horned Pheasant — The 

 Jewar, or Western Horned Pheasant. The Jungle Fowls [Galli) : — The Kasintu, or Red Jungle Fowl — 

 The Jungle Fowl of Ceylon — The Javanese Jungle Fowl — The Sonnerat Jungle Fowl, or Katakoli. The 

 Macartney Pheasants {Euplocamiis) :— Tlie Siamese Fireback — The Sikkim Kaleege, or Black 

 Pheasant— The Kelitsch, or White-crested Kaleege Pheasant— The Silver Pheasant. The PHEASANTS 

 Proper (Phasiam): — The Common Pheasant — The Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant — The Japanese 

 Pheasant — Soemmerring's Pheasant — Reeves' Pheasant. The Golden Pheasants [T/:aumalm) : — The 

 Golden Pheasant — Lady Amherst's Pheasant. The Eared Pheasants (Crossoptiloii) : — The Chinese 

 Eared Pheasant — The Argus Pheasant, or Kuau. The Peacock Pheasants (Pohp/cctron) : — The 

 Chinquis, or Assam Peacock Pheasant. The Peacocks {Pavoncs] : — Tlie Common Peacock — The Black- 

 winged Peacock— The Japan Peacock. The Guinea Fowls {N'umidir). Tlie Royal Guinea Fowls 

 {Acrylliiim) :— Tlie Vulturine Royal Guinea Fowl .......... 22S-2=:7 



