CONTENTS XI 



Order Galliformes : Fowllike birds — Continued. 



Superfamily Phasianoidea : Grouse, pheasants, turkeys — Continued. 



Family Phasianidae : American quail, partridges, and pheasants — Continued. 



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Odontophorus gujanensis marmoratus (Gould) 368 



Odontophorus erythrops melanotis Salvin 370 



Odontophorus erythrops coloratus Griscom 372 



Odontophorus erythrops verecundus Peters 373 



Odontophorus guttatus (Gould) 373 



Odontophorus leucolaemus Salvin 377 



Genus Dactylortyx Ogilvie-Grant 379 



Key to the forms of Dactylortyx thoracicus (Gambel) .... 380 



Dactylortyx thoracicus thoracicus (Gambel) 382 



Dactylortyx thoracicus devius Nelson 383 



Dactylortyx thoracicus lineolatus (Gould) 385 



Dactylortyx thoracicus sharpei Nelson 385 



Dactylortyx thoracicus chiapensis Nelson 386 



Dactylortyx thoracicus salvadoranus Dickey and van Ros- 



sem 387 



Dactylortyx thoracicus taylori van Rossem 388 



Dactylortyx thoracicus fuscus Conover 389 



Genus Cyrtonyx Gould 390 



Key to the forms of the genus Cyrtonyx 391 



Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi Nelson 392 



Cyrtonyx montezumae montezumae (Vigors) 396 



Cyrtonyx montezumae merriami Nelson 398 



Cyrtonyx montezumae sallei Verreaux 399 



Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould) 400 



Genus Rhynchortyx Ogilvie-Grant 403 



Key to the forms of Rhynchortyx cinctus (Salvin) 405 



Rhynchortyx cinctus pudibundus Peters 405 



Rhynchortyx cinctus cinctus ( Salvin) 408 



Rhynchortyx cinctus hypopius Griscom 409 



Genus Perdix Brisson 409 



Perdix perdix perdix (Linnaeus) 411 



Genus Phasianus Linnaeus 417 



Phasianus colchicus torquatus Graelin 419 



Family Numididae : Guineafowls 430 



Key to the genera of Numididae 431 



Genus Numida Linnaeus 431 



Numida meleagris galeata Pallas 433 



Family Meleagrididae : Turkeys 436 



Key to the genera of Meleagrididae 437 



Genus Meleagris Linnaeus 437 



Key to the forms of Meleagris gallopavo (Linnaeus) 439 



Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot 440 



Meleagris gallopavo osceola Scott 447 



Meleagris gallopavo intermedia Sennett 449 



Meleagris gallopavo merriami Nelson 451 



Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo Linnaeus 454 



Meleagris gallopavo mexicana Gould 455 



Meleagris gallopavo onusta Moore 457 



Genus Agriocharis Chapman 458 



Agriocharis ocellata (Cuvier) 460 



Index 465 



