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28, fig. 4.— Yabsell, Hist. Brit. Birds, ii, 1843, 333.— Gray, List Birds Brit. 

 Mus., pt. 3, Gallinae, 1844, 37; ed. 1867, 56.— Degland, Om. Eur., ii, 1849, 57.— 

 Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, ii, 1850, 58.- Fallon, Ois. Belg., 1875, 137.— 

 Dresser, Birds Europe, vii, 1878, 131, pis. 474, 475.— Saunders, ed. Yarrell's 

 Brit. Birds, iii, 1882, lOS ; Illustr. Man. Brit. Birds, 1889, 487.— Seebohm, Hist. 

 Brit. Birds, ii, 1884, 452. — Olphe-Galliard, Faun. Om. Eur. Occ, fasc, 39, 

 1886, 22.— Salvador:, Ucc. Ital., 1887, 200.— Lilford, Birds Brit Is!., pt. 9, 1888, 

 pi. — Nagy, Aquila, xxviii, 1922, 82 in text (Pancsova, Hungary). — Schenk, 

 Aquila, xxix, 1923, 61, 62 in table (Hungary; banding) ; xxx-xxxi, 1924, 149 in 

 table (Hungary; banding records); xxxii-xxxiii, 1926, 36 (Hungary; banding 

 records) ; xxxiv-xxxv, 1929, 32 in table, 44, 76 (Hungary; banding records) ; 

 xxxvi-xxxvii, 1931, 184, 186 (Hungary; banding records). — Bela v. Szeots, 

 Aquila, xxix, 1923, 134 (Tavarna region, Hungary). — Reiser, Aquila, xxx- 

 xxxi, 1924, 294, in text (Fertotavan, Hungary); 316 in text (autumn; Lake 

 Neusiedler, Austria). — Neubaur, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bay., xviii, 1928, 304 (Rhone 

 Valley, Germany). — Kleiner, Aquila, xxxvi-xxxvii, 1931, 117 in text (food 

 habits; eats mollusks). — Warga, Aquila, xxxvi-xxxvii, 1931, 137 in text 

 (Hungary; Satoraljanjhelyer Forest). 



Starna cinerea Bonaparte, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, 43. — Keyserling and 

 Blasius, Wirbelth. Eur., 1840, 202.— Degland and Gerbe, Orn. Eur., ii, 1867, 

 73. 



Perdix (Starna) cinerea Middendorff, Sibir. Feise, ii, pt. 2, 185S-7S, 209 (Barabinska 

 Steppe). 



Perdix cinerea var. scanica Altum, Journ. fur Orn., 1894, 268 (s. Sweden) . 



Cothurnix cinerea Lemett, Cat. Ois. Seine-Inf., 1874, 118. 



Perdix cineracea Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 525 (Renthendorfer region). 



Perdix sylvestris Brehm, Vogelf., 1855, 267 (Europe). 



Perdix minor Brehm, Vogelf., 1855, 267 (variety with 16 rectrices). 



Starna palustris Olphe-Galliard, Ibis, 1864, 225 (Dunkerque; gray phase). 



Starna cinerea vulgaris, peregrina, tenuirostris, major Brehm, Verz. Samml., 1866, 11 

 (nomina nuda). 



Perdix (Starna) rohtista Homeyer and Tancre, Mitth. orn. Verb. Wien, vii, 1883, 

 92 (Altai Mts.). — Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1885, 456 (reprint 

 of orig. descr.). 



Perdix robusta Homeyer and Tancre^ Mitth. orn. Verb. Wien, ix, 1885, pi., figs. 

 3-5. 



Perdix pallida Demeezemaker, in Olphe-Galliard, Faun. Orn. Eur. Occ, fasc. 39, 

 1886, 37 (new name for palustris). 



Teirao damascenus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1788, 758, part (migrates through 

 central Europe). 



Tetrao montanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1788, 758 (rufescent phase; mountains 

 of Europe). 



Perdix montana Witherby et al., Pract. Handb. Brit. Birds, v. 1941, 244, footnote 

 (rufescent phase). 



Perdix galliae Bacmeister and Kleinschmidt, Journ. fiir Orn., 1918, 254 (ne. 

 France). 



Genus PHASIANUS Linnaeus 



Phasianus Linnnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 158. (Type, by tautonymy, P. 

 colchicus Linnaeus, according to Opinion 16, Internat. Nomencl. Committee.) 



Medium-sized Phasiani (total length, including the long tail, about 

 600-700 mm. in adult males, SOO-600 mm. in adult females), with tail flat 



