OPHRYSIA. 



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Genus OPHRYSIA. 

 Tail of ten feathers. Plumage long and soft. No spurs. Supposed to be a 

 ■winter migrant from Tibet. Met with in coveys of from six to ten at altitudes 

 of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Neither Pheasant, Partridge, nor Quail. 



51. Ophrysia superciliosa. The Pigmy Pheasant, or Mountain Pheasant 



Quail. 

 d^pis (a plant with two leaves) = an eyebrow. 



5^ 10". ? 10". Bill coral-red. Legs dull red. — Male: Spots before and 

 behind eye and beneath ear white. Mid-crown and nape brown-grey, with black 

 shaft stripes. Forehead and wide band on each side of crown white. Sides of 

 head, chin, and throat black, with white band on each side of throat. General 

 plumage grey, edged black. Tail olive-brown. — Female : Spot before and behind 

 eye white. Eyebrow stripes and sides of head pink-grey. Black band on each 

 side of crown. Above brown, with black shaft stripes. Tail irregularly barred 

 and mottled black. No other species of this genus is known. Mussoorie and 

 Naini Tal. (B. 1348. 0. 23. O.G. i. 212. H. & M. ii. 106.) 



Subfamily Perdicin^. 



Gutting edge of lower mandible not serrated. First primary equal to or longer 

 than tenth (two species of Franeolinus excepted). Tail shorter (usually much 

 shorter) than wing. Sides of head feathered, with or without naked eye-patch. 

 Extreme form of Partridge wing is found in the Snow-Partridge {Lerwa), where 

 first primary is equal to third, and but slightly shorter than second (longest). 

 Also among Quails (Coturnix and Syncecus), where first primary is equal to third 

 and but slightly less than second, and sometimes the first three primaries are sub- 

 equal and the first primary the longest. 



4th primary longest. Tail 12 . Perdicula . 

 4th, 5th, and 6th primaries longest. "> 



rp •] jQ j- MiCROPEEDIX 



Coturnix . 



excalfactoria 

 c Arboricola. 

 \ Tropicopbrdix 



eollulus . 



Calopbrdix 



Caocabis 



Ammopbrdix 

 / Francolinus 

 \ Ortygornis. 



Pbrdix 



Tbtrao Gallus 



Tbtraophasis* 



Lbrwa 



2nd primary f Tail 10 or 12 

 longest . I Tail 8 . 



4th and 5 th primaries longest 

 5th primary longest. < 

 3rd primary longest, 

 3rd and 4th primaries longest 



Tail 12 



Tail 14 



( Tail 14 



{ Taa 12 



4th primary longest. Tail 1 6 to 1 8. 

 2nd primary longest. Tail 20 to 22. 

 4th primary longest. Tail 18 

 2nd primary longest. Tail 14 



Bush-Quails. 



True Quails. 

 Painted Quails. 



Hill-Partridges. 



Wood-Partridges. 



Red-leg Partridges. 

 Sand-Partridgbs. 



Francolins. 



ODONT0PHORIN.a!*. 

 Not represented in India. 



True Partridges. 

 Snow-Cocks. 

 Grouse Partridges. 

 Snow-Partridges. 

 American Partridges 

 AND Quails. 



