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GALLING. 



Order GALLING (Part). 

 GEO USE, TURKEYS, GUINEA FOWLS 



Bill stout. Hind toe always present. Wings rounded. Ten primaries. Fifth secondary 

 present. After-shaft. Oil-gland (except in Argusianus). Breast- bone has two deep in- 

 cisions in the posterior border on each side of the keel. Palate is schizognathous. All nest 

 on the ground and lay numerous eggs. Young are hatched covered with down (Opisthocomidae, 

 naked ; Megapodiidse, fully feathered) and able to run at once. 



Nostrils covered with 

 feathers . 



Nostrils never hidden 

 by feathers 



Lagopus * 

 Lyrurtts * 

 Tetrao * 

 Canachites * 

 Falcipennis ■* 

 Dendragapus * 

 Tympanuchtjs * 

 Centrocbecus * 

 Pedkecetks * 

 Bonasa * 

 . Tetrastes * 

 Meleagbis " 

 Phasidus * ) 

 Agelastbs * I 



NUMIDA * 



Gtjttbea " 



^ AOETLLrM * 



■Willow-Grouse and Ptarmigan. 

 Black Grouse. 

 Capercailzies. 

 Canadian Grouse. 

 Sharp-winged Grouse. 

 American Capercailzies. 

 Pinnated Grouse. 

 Sage-Grouse. 

 Shaep-tailbd Grouse. 

 Ruffed Grouse. 

 Hazel Hens. 

 Wild Turkeys. 



Black Guinea Fowls. 



Helmeted Guinea Fowls. 

 Crested Guinea Fowls. 

 Vultueine Guinea Fowls. 



Order GALLINJE. TRUH GAME BIRDS. 



Bill stout. Hind toe always present. Wings rounded. Ten primaries. Fifth 

 secondary present. After-shaft. Oil-gland (except in Argusianus). The breast- 

 bone has two deep incisions in the posterior border on each side of the keel. 

 Palate is schizognathous. All nest on the ground and lay numerous eggs. Young 

 are hatched covered with down (Opisthocomidae, naked; Megapodiidae, fully 

 feathered) and able to run at once. 



, Suborder ALECTOROPODES. 



Hind toe raised above level of other toes. Inner notch of breast-bone more 

 than half the length of the entire breast-bone. Includes Grouse, Turkeys, 

 Guinea Fowls, Pheasants, Partridges, and Quails. 



Family TETEAONID^I. Gkouse.* 



Nostrils covered with feathers. Legs partially or entirely feathered and never armed with 

 spurs. Hind toe raised. Toes densely feathered or naked, with a series of comb-like processes 

 on each side. Bill very short. Tail of sixteen to twenty feathers. Not represented in India, 

 being peculiar to northern parts of both continents. Eleven genera. 



* Not represented in India, 



