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INTRODUCTION. 
Order GALLINA. 
Family TETRAONIDA. 
Terrao, Zzxzneus.—Bill short, strong ; upper mandible convex, and arched from 
the base to the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly closed by an arched scale, 
and hidden from view by small closely-set feathers. Space above the eye naked, 
the skin covered with red papillz, and fringed. Wings short and rounded ; 
the fifth quill the longest. Tail of eighteen feathers. Tarsi feathered to the 
junction of the toes, which are naked ; the three in front united as far as the 
first joint ; one toe behind, short ; the edges of all pectinated (p. 491). 
Lacopus, &résson.—Bill very short, clothed at the base with feathers ; the upper 
mandible convex, and bent downat the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly 
closed by an arched membrane, and nearly hidden by the small closely-set 
feathers at the base of the bill. Eyebrows naked, as in Zefrao. Wings 
short, concave, with the third and fourth quills the longest. Tail of sixteen 
feathers, generally square at the end. Tarsi and toes completely feathered ; 
hind toe very short and barely touching the ground with the tip of the nail ; 
claws long and nearly straight (p. 495). 
Family PHASIANID/. 
PHASIANUS, Srzssov.—Bill of moderate length, strong ; upper mandible convex, 
naked at the base, and with the tip bent downwards. Nostrils basal, 
lateral, covered with a cartilaginous scale; cheeks and the skin surrounding 
the eyes destitute of feathers, and with a verrucose red covering in the male. 
Wings short; the first quill narrow towards the tip, the fourth and fifth 
feathers the longest in the wing. Tail of eighteen feathers, long, wedge- 
shaped, graduated. Feet with three anterior toes united by a membrane as 
far as the first joint; the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus, which is 
furnished with a horny, conical, and sharp spur, in the male (p. 499). 
PERDIX, 4rzssoz.—Bill short, strong, naked at the base ; upper mandible convex, 
deflected towards the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, the orifice partly con- 
cealed by an arched naked scale. Wings short, concave, rounded in form ; 
the first three quills shorter than the fourth or fifth, which are the longest 
in the wing. Tail with sixteen feathers in the same plane, short, rounded. 
Feet with three toes in front and one behind, those in front united bya 
membrane as far as the first joint (p. 501). 
CaccaBis, Xazp.— Bill short, stout, naked at the base; upper mandible de- 
curved to the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly covered by an oblong 
horny scale. Wings short, rounded; the first three feathers shorter than 
the fourth and fifth, which are the longest. Tail of fourteen feathers, 
short, rounded. Tarsus anteriorly scutellated, and—in the male~— armed with 
blunt spurs ; three toes in front united at their bases by a membrane ; one 
toe behind (p. 503). 
CoTURNIX, Bonnaterre.—Bill strong, shorter than the head, upper mandible 
curved. Nostrils basal, lateral, half closed by an arched membrane. Wings 
moderate, the first quill the longest. Tail short, rounded, almost hidden 
by the tail-coverts. Tarsus without a spur. Feet with four toes, those 
anterior connected by a membrane as far as the first joint (p. 505). 
