ORDER X. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, BOB-WHITES, ETc. 
GALLINAE. 
Family 1. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, etc. TETRAONIDE. 21 
species, 22 subspecies. 
Family 2. TURKEYS, PHEASANTS, etc. PHasIaANnIp@. 1 species. 
3 subspecies. 
Family 3. CURASSOWS and GUANS. Cracip&#. 1 species. 
The members of the family Tetraonide are usually placed in three 
subfamilies as follows: (1.) Perdicine, containing the true Quails 
and Partridges of the Old World and with no species in America. (2.) 
Odontophorinz, including the Bob-whites and so-called “Quails’ and 
“‘Partridges’ of the New World, and with no species in the eastern 
hemisphere. (3.) Tetraoninz, the Grouse, with representatives in 
the northern parts of both hemispheres. All the members of the first 
two families have the legs bare, while the Grouse have the legs, and 
often even the toes, more or less feathered. 
The application of different names to the members of this family, in 
various parts of the country, often make it uncertain just what species 
is referred to under a given title. Our Bob-white, for example, is a 
‘Quail’ at the north and a ‘Partridge’ at the south. Asa matter of fact 
it is, strictly speaking, neither a true Quail nor Partridge but a member 
of a family restricted to America. 
Again, the Ruffed Grouse is a ‘Partridge’ at the north and a 
‘Pheasant’ at the south, whereas in truth it is neither one nor the 
other. So far as the application of these local names goes, it is to 
be noted that where the Bob-white is called ‘Quail’ the Grouse is 
called ‘Partridge’ and that where it is called ‘Partridge’ the Grouse is 
known as ‘Pheasant’. 
All the Tetraonide are ground-inhabiting birds, and their plumage 
of blended browns, buffs and grays brings them into such close har- 
mony with their surroundings that, as arule, we are unaware of the 
presence of one of these birds until, with a whirring of short, stiff, 
rounded wings it springs from the ground at our feet. It is this habit 
of ‘lying close,’ as sportsmen term it, in connection with their excellent 
flesh, which makes the members of this family the favorites of the 
hunter and epicure and only the most stringent protective measures 
will prevent their extinction as their haunts become settled. 
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