BIRDS OP EASTERN" AND SOUTHEBN ASIA. 



Inhabits Himalaya ; Hindu Kosh ; Afghan- 

 istan. 



Genus LERVA, Hodgson. 

 L. nivicola, Hodgson. 



SyN. Perdix lerva, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1803, p 

 107. 



Quoir Monal. Snow Partridge of sports- 

 men. Inhabits Snow-region of Himalaya. 



Subfam. PTEROCLINiE. 



Genus PTEEOCLES, Temminck. {Bur- 

 titur, H. Whistling Grouse, or Roch Pigeons 

 of sportsmen in India). 



Ft. arenarius (Fl. Col. 52, 53). 

 Syn. Tetrao arenarius, Pallas. 



Perdix aragoiiica, Latham. 



Bonasa pyrenaica, Brisson. 



Buklit, H. ; Khyrgut, or Sya-rim ; also 

 Tuturulc (expressive of cry), and Bovra Kurra 

 (' black breast'), Afghanistan. Sand Grouse 

 of sportsmen. Inhabits desert regions of Asia, 

 S. Europe, and N. Africa. 



Pt. fasciatus (Jerdon's III. Ind. Orn., pi. 

 10, 36). 



Syn. Tringa fasciata, Scopoli. 

 Tetrao indicus, Gmelin. 

 Perdix indica, Latham. 

 QSnas indicus et bicinctus, Vieillot. 

 Pterocles quadricinctus, Temminck, 



Hundsgri, H. ; PolunJMr, Telugu ; Kelhu- 

 dari (Rock Partridge), Taraul. Painted Grouse 

 of sportsmen. Inhabits Hindustan generally. 



Ft. alcliata {Pi. Enl. 105, 106). 



Syn. Tetrao alohata, L, 



T. caudacutus, Gmelin. 

 T. chata, Pallas. 

 (Enas cata, Vieillot. 

 Pt. caspius, Menetries. 



Inhabits middle Asia ; Afghanistan ; Syria ; 

 Spain ; N. Africa. 



Pt. exustus, Temminck {PI. Gol. 354, 360). 

 Syn. Pt. senegalensis, Lichtenstein. 

 ur Teiur and Kumar Tetur, H. ; Bidta- 

 tor, Sindh ; Sassinia, Afghanistan. Inhabits 

 Hindustan : M. and W. Asia ; S. Europe ; 



N. Africa. 



Subfam. PERDICIN.E. 

 Titr or Tehi/r (root of Tetrao), H . -, Kha Arracan 

 A, Guinea-fowl. 

 Genus NUMIDA, L. 

 N. meleagris, L, 

 Syn. N, galeata, Pallas. 



Inhabits Africa. The domestic adults are 

 typically coloured. 



Genus FRANCOLINUS, Brisson. Stephens. 

 Div. 1. With stouter bills. 



Fr. pintadeus. 



Syn. Tetrao pintadeus, Scopoli. 



T, madagascariensis, Gemelin, (uec Sco» 

 poli). 



Piyitado Pai^tridge, Mauritius. Inhabits Mau- 

 ritius. 



Fr. sinensis. 



Syn. Tetrao sinensis, Osbeck. 

 T. perlatus, Gmelin. 



Perdix Phayrei, Blytb, mentioned J. A, S. 

 XII, 1011. 



Inhabits Indo-China ; China. 



Div. 2. With less robust bills. 

 Fr. vulgaris, Stephens {PL En. 147, 148). 

 Syn. Tetrao francolinus, I. 

 Kala Tetur, H. ; Musliki Tetur, Urdu : 

 Durraz (Burnes). Black Partridge of sports- 

 men. Inhabits N. India ; Afghanistan ; Per- 

 sia ; Syria ; Cyprus ; Sicily, 



Fr. pictiis, ( Jardine and Selby, Orn. III. pi. 

 50). 



Syn. Perdix picta, Jardiue and Selby. 



P. Hepburnii, Gray, Hardw, III. lud. Zool, 



Painted Partridge of sportsmen. Inhabits 

 peninsula of India, where replacing Fr. vul- 

 garis. 



D. Rock Partridges. 

 Genus CACCABIS, Boie, 

 C. clmkar (Gould's ' Century' pi. 71). 



Syn. Perdix chukar, Gray. 



Chacura pngnax, Hodgson, Madr. Journ. 

 1837, p. 305. 

 Chukor, H. (from voice ; Kulk, or Kirk. 

 Pushtu, inhabits Himalaya ; Afghanistan, 



E. Ordinary Partridges. 

 Genus PERDIX, Brisson, 

 P. gularis, Tem. (Hardw. III. Ind. Zool.) 

 Jungli Titr, H. ff^ ood Partridge, and Bengal 

 Ghikor of sportsmen. Inhabits Banks of Gan- 

 ges. 



P.portdiceriana(Pl. Col. 213; Hardw. IlL 

 Ind. Zool). 



Syn. Tetrao pondicerianus, Gmelin, 

 Perdix orientalis, Gray. 



Qora Titur, H. Grey, Common, or Scavenger 

 Partridge of sportsmen. Inhabits India gene- 

 rally ; Ceylon, never on the E. side of the Bay 

 of Bengal. 



Genus RHIZOTHERA, G. R. Gray. 



Rh. curvirostris (Hardw, III. Ind. Zool.—n 

 the female). 



Syn. Tetrao curvirostris, EafSes, 



Perdix longirostris, Temminck, 



J anting^ Sum. Inhabits Malayan Peninsula; 

 Sum.atra, 



