PERDICINvE. 
20  • 
Perdix  « ^ Smith,  111.  Zool.  S.  Afr.  Birds,  pi.  14.  — 
«d«  seph^na  A.  Sn>Uk,  Rep.  S.  Afr.  Exp. 
• r.  concentricus  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  pi.  53. 
23’  v'  (^•■ay)  Zool.  Misc.  p.  2. 
24'  (Grael.)  _ Type  of  Pternistis  ITa^l.  (1832). 
t.  30.  (Riipp.)  PI.  enl.  180.,  Rupp.  Zool.  Atlas, 
25.  Fr.  Swainsoni  A.  Smith,  111.  Zool.  S.  Afr.  Birds,  pi.  12. 
26.  Fr.  Cranchii  (Leach),  Tuck.  Voy.  Congo,  App.  p.  408.  •— 
Perdix  punctulata  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  ii.  pi.  43.  f.  2. 
27.  Fr.  longirostris  Temm.  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  ii.  pi.  45.  f.  2. 
— Tetrao  curvirostris  Raffl. ; Type  of  Rhizothera  G.  R.  Gray 
(1841). 
Perdix  Briss.* 
sEort,  broad  at  the  base,  with  the  sides  compressed,  and  the  apical  half  curved  and  vaulted ; the 
basal,  lateral,  and  covered  by  a hard  rounded  scale.  Wings  moderate  and  rounded,  with  the 
and  fifth  quills  longest.  Tail  short,  and  greatly  concealed  by  the  coverts.  Tarsi 
ate,  and  covered  in  front  with  divided  scales,  without  spurs  or  tubercles.  Toes  long,  with  the 
oe  shorter  than  the  outer ; the  hind  toe  short  and  slender ; the  claws  moderate  and  slightly 
curved. 
The 
and  in  othe'*^*  this  genus  are  peculiar  to  the  temperate  parts  of  the  Old  World,  remaining  sedentary  in  some  places, 
are  found  ‘ regularly  according  to  the  season.  Some  species  frequent  the  cultivated  lands,  while  others 
their  food  l ^°^c®ts,  and  are  occasionally  seen  perched  on  the  branches  of  the  trees.  They  search  the  ground  for 
bulbous  ■ early  portion  of  the  morning,  and  again  before  the  sun  disappears.  It  consists  of  grain,  seeds, 
brushwood  irisects.  They  generally  form  for  their  nest  a slight  hollow  on  the  ground,  beneath  a tuft  of  grass  or 
, and  sometimes  in  cultivated  fields.  The  eggs  are  usually  twelve  to  twenty  in  number. 
eena  5,.j5 ' . „ Lath.  PI.  enl.  27.  136.  — Perdix  damas- 
■ • > letrao  montana  Gmel. 
S p (G«el.)  Lath. 
L P*g-&Gal.iii.408. 
Phitadeanus  (Scop.)  Sonn.  Voy.  Ind.  t.  97. — Tetrao 
rol.  82.  '"•’y-  Ind.  t.  98.  ; T.  striatus  Gmel.  PI. 
5 p 
^‘ugd,  iii  J ('^alenc.)  — Perdix  olivacea  Gray,  Griff.  An. 
col.  4,(5^^  .jgg  Zool.  pi.  57. ; p.  megapodia  Temm.  PI. 
■•1  ^ype  of  Arborophila  (18,37). 
6.  P.  Javanica  (Gmel.)  PI.  col.  148.,  Brown.  111.  Zool.pl.  17. 
7.  P.  personata  (Horsf.)  Res.  Zool.  — Perdix  orientalis  Horsf. 
Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  184. 
8.  P.  9 (Eruginosus  Eyton,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1839-  106- 
9.  P.  9 ReaUmii  (Mull.  & Schl.)  Verb.  Nat.  Gesch.  Nederl. 
p.  158. 
10.  P.  scutata  Gray,  Griff.  An.  Kingd.  iii.p.  54. 
CoTURNix  Moehr.-\ 
or  less  elevated  at  the  base  and  arched  to  the  tip,  which  is  obtuse ; the  sides 
third  Lostrils  basal,  lateral,  and  covered  by  a hard  scale.  Wings  moderate,  with  the  second, 
short  longest.  TaU  very  short,  mostly  hidden  by  the  coverts,  and  pendant.  T %rsi 
. tered  in  front  with  divided  scales  and  unarmed.  Toes  moderate,  united  at  their  base,  with 
toe  shorter  than  the  outer  ; the  hind  toe  short ; the  claws  short,  and  slightly  curved. 
^»'Wop7,;2^"p“‘jhh*ed  this  genus  in  I76O  (Ornithologie,  i.  p.  219.).  It  is  synonymous  with  Starna  of  the  Prince  of  Canino,  and  embraces 
. t It  was  in  1710  (’837),  which  name  he  changed  to  Arborocola  in  1844.  , . . 
synonymous.  1^5,*“*  Mcehring  established  this  genus  (Auf«m  Genera,  p.  54.).  Ortygion  (1840)  of  Count  Keyserhng  and  Blasius 
iices  Perdicnla  (1837)  of  Mr.  Hodgson,  and  Synoicus  (1843)  of  Mr.  Gould. 
