TETRAONOPERDIX. — TEXTOR. 
613 
himalayeiisis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. 105; Birds Asia V. Tb. 2. 
[^Himalaya, 
Tetraogallus Nigelli Gray, lUustr. Ind. Zool. II. Tb. 46. 
Tetraogallus caucasiens Gray, List spec. brit. Mus. 
lunulatus Supra II. 231. = Ithaginis lunulatus Gr. 
Nigelli Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. II. Tb. 46. = Tetraogallus himalai/ensis Gld. 
iiivicola Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. [Himalaya. Tibet. 
Lerva nivicola Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833. 107. (Perdix.) 
Tetraoperdix nivicola Hodgson. 
Northiae Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. = Ithaginis spadiceus. 
oculea Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. [Sumatra. India. 
Perdix oculea Temminck, Pig. Gall. III. 408. 
Galloperdix oculea Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 882. 
Caloperdix oculea Gray, Handlist II. 269. 
Tetrao ocellatus Raffles, Linn. Transact. 1822. XHI. 322. 
Rollulus ocellatus Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 253. 
Rollulus ocellatus Supra III. 437. 
oleagina Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 882. (Hepburnia.) 
spadicea Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. — Ithaginis spadiceus. 
sphenurus Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. r= Perdix thoracica Tem. 
tibetanus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 47; Birds Asia V. Tb. 4. — Tibet. 
zeylonensis Gray, Genera Birds III. 500. ~ Ithaginis zeylonensis. 
TETRAONOPERDIX Agassiz, Ind. Nomencl. = Tetraoperdix Hodgs. 
TETRAOPERDIX Hodgson, Ind. Review 1837. Tetraogallus nivicola Gr. 
TETRAOPHASIS Elliot, Phasianidae II. Tb. = Lophophorus obscurus Verr. 
TETRAPTERYX Thunberg, Vet. akad. Händig. 1811. 242. — Bonaparte, Consp. 
Av. IL 101. = Grus L. 
Plumae pectorales sublongatae, angustae, laxae: remiges secundariae, lon- 
gissimae, ultra caudam protractae, alas subsidiäres simulantes. 
capensis, paradisea. = Chrus paradisea Wagl. 
TETRASTES bonasia Blasius, Wirbeith. Eur. 1840. 200. = Tetrao bonasia L. 
Schwanz abgerundet, I6fedrig; die seitlichen Federn mit schwarzer Querbinde 
vor dem weissen Endsaum, übrigens lichtgrau mit schwarz bespritzt, die 2 mittlem 
braun, schwarz und weisslich gebändert und gesprenkelt. 
TETRAX campestris Leach, Cat. Mus. brit. 1817. 28. = Otis tetrax L. 
Rostrum conicum, rectum, paulo compressum; mandibula superiore ad apicem 
deflexa. Nares ovales apertae. Pedes cursorii; digiti basi membrana coaliti. Alae 
médiocres, remiges prima et quarta aequales, quinta longior quam quarta. 
TETROURA Lesson, 1843. = Gaprimulgus enicurus V. 
TEXTOR (Ploceinae). — Temminck, PI. col. 446. — Gray, Gen. Birds II. 368. 
Synon.: Alecto Less. — Bubalornis Smith. — Dertroides Sw. — Alectornis, Dine- 
mellia Reichb, 
Bill more or less long, conic, broad at its base, laterally compressed, with the 
basal portion of the culmen advancing on the forehead and curved toioards the tip; 
the lateral margins sinuated, and the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils basal, 
lateral, naked and pierced in the substance of the bill. Wings somewhat rounded 
and reaching a little beyond the base of the tail; with the first quill very short and 
the second nearly equalling the third and fourth, which are the longest. Tail mod- 
erate and rather rounded. Tarsi equal in length with the middle toe; the lateral 
toes equal^ the hind toe equalling the inner. — â Specc. 
affinis V. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1864. 246. = Hyp hantor*}is vitellina Hevgl. 
alecto Temminck, PI. color. 446. [Africa occ. or. 
Dertroides albirostris Swainson, Birds WAfr. I. 163. 
Alecto albirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 438. 
Alectornis albirostris Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 89. 
Textor Dinemelli Rüppell, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 72. Tf. 30. 
Textor leucocephalus Rüppell, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 72. Tf. 30. 
