TURNIX. TURNIX. 

 Generic Character. 



Rostrum mediocre, gracilius, 

 rectum, compressum, acu- 

 tum ; versus apicem incur- 

 vum. 



IVar^s laterales,lineares, mem- 

 brana semiclausae, ad max- 

 illae medium usque por- 

 rectae. 



Fedes tridactyli, digitis fissis, 



halluce nullo, 

 Cauda brevis, plumis uro- 



pygii obtecta. 

 Alee breves. 



Beah middle sized, slender, 

 straightjcompressed, acute; 

 incurved towards the tip. 



Nostrils lateral, linear, half 

 closed by a membrane por- 

 rected towards and beyond 

 the middle of the beak. 



Feet three-toed; toes cleft; 

 none behind. 



Tail short, covered by the 

 feathers of the rump. 



Wings short. 



TuRNix. Bonnathere, 

 Ortygis. Illiger, 



Hemipodius. Rienwardtj Temminch 



Ortygodes. Vieillot. 



Perdix. Lath. 



Tetrao. Gmel, 



CoTURNix. Briss, 



Tridactylus. Lacepede. 



TThIS genus comprises most of the smallest of 

 the gallinaceous birds : they are polygamous, and 

 reside in sandy deserts among the herbs of those 



