Order  V.  GALLlNvE. 
The  fourth  Family, 
have  the  Bill 
TETRAONID.®,  or  Grouse, 
’ more  or  less  long,  broad  at  the  base,  and  the  sides  compressed,  with  the  culmen  arched  to 
P)  which  is  obtuse  ; the  nostrils  basal,  lateral,  sometimes  covered  with  feathers,  or  protected  with 
^ hed  hard  scale  ; the  Wings  short  and  rounded  ; the  Tail  more  or  less  lengthened  and  rounded ; the 
strong,  sometimes  clothed  with  plumes,  or  naked  and  scutellated ; the  hind  toe  moderate  and 
elevated. 
The  first  Subfamily, 
PERDICINiE,  or  Partridges, 
^3'ked  of  the  Bill  entire,  and  the  Nostrils  protected  by  a.  naked  hard  scale ; the  Tarsi  long, 
vered  in  front  with  divided  scales,  and  sometimes  armed  with  spurs  or  blunt  tubercles. 
Ithaginis  Wagl.* 
^hich  ’ ®oi’e  or  less  slender,  broad  at  the  base,  and  compressed  on  the  sides  towards  the  tip, 
hl'^^so,  the  apical  half  of  the  upper  mandible  vaulted  and  curved ; the  nostrils  basal,  lateral, 
and  ■ ^ large  hard  membranous  scale.  Wings  moderate  and  rounded,  with  the  fourth,  fifth, 
or  s longest.  ^ Tail  lengthened,  broad,  and  much  rounded.  Tarsi  long,  armed  with  two, 
^oes  long,  united  at  the  base,  with  the  outer  toe  longer  than  the  inner,  and 
oly  scaled  above ; the  hind  toe  long ; the  claws  long  and  slightly  curved. 
of  the^Ghau^^  ^™alayah  mountains  of  Northern  India,  that  the  species  are  found,  living  among  the  thick  brushwood 
s,  and  rarely  seen  on  the  wing,  or  perched  on  trees. 
"•^2.  i Phasilr  T«ns.  xiii.  237.,  Temm.  PI.  col.  3.  I.  madagaseariensis  (Scop.)  - Tetrao  spadiceus  Grnel  Gray, 
1-  f Hardw.  Linn.  Trans,  xv.  l66.  111.  Ind.  Zool.  ii.  pi.  42.  f.  2. ; Plectrophora  (Polyplectron)  Northi* 
An-  Kingd.  iii.  — Perdix  Hardwickii  Gray,  in  GriiF.  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  ii.  pi.  43.  f,  1 . 
Less.  Man-  ? pb  52. ; Francolinus  nivosus 
'“g-de  Zoo!.  1840.  Ois.t.l8. 
Bill 
Ptilopachus  S7mins.\ 
apical  h ^^evated,  and  broad  at  the  base ; the  sides  much  compressed  to  the  tip ; the 
alf  of  the  culmen  arched  ; the  nostrils  lateral,  basal,  and  covered  by  a hard  membranous  scale. 
+ this  genus  in  1832  (Isis,  p.  1228.).  It  is  coequal  with  Plectrophora  of  Mr.  Gray  (1833-1834.), 
abUshed  by  Mr.  Swainson  in  1837  (Class,  of  Birds,  ii.p.  344.). 
