GR ALL2E. 
Fam. PARRIDiE *. 
Bill moderate, straight, compressed ; nostrils pervious. Wings moderately long. Tail in 
some lengthened, in others short. Legs of medium length ; feet enormous ; claws very long. 
Wing with a sharp spur at the flexure. Sternum not compressed laterally as in Rallidte, 
but Charadrine in structure, with a large notch in the posterior margin. 
Genus HYDEOPHASIAYUS. 
Bill slender, straight, moderately compressed, the apical portion enlarged and curved ; the 
gonys pronounced; nostrils linear, pervious, placed in a long depression. Wings lengthened, 
with a stout, sharp spur at the flexure ; quills pointed, the 1st with the terminal portion of the 
shaft produced and slightly webbed, the 2nd and the 3rd with the shaft produced beyond the 
web, and the 4th with the web attenuated. Tail long, with the central feathers much lengthened 
during the breeding-season. Tibia bare to a considerable height. Tarsus shorter than the 
middle toe, and shielded before and behind with rectangular scales. Toes and claws very long, 
the latter straight ; the hind claw much longer than the toe and curved upwards. 
HYDROPHASIANUS CHIRURGUS. 
(THE WATEK-PHEASANT.) 
Tringa chirurgus, Scopoli, Del. FI. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92 (1786), ex Sonn. 
Parra htzmensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 709 (1788). 
Parra sinensis (Gm.), Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Palli, p. 71 (1865). 
Hydrophasianus sinensis (Gm.), Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 279; Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. 
p. 135 (1852) ; Gould, B. of Asia, pt. vii. pi. 3 (1855). 
Hydropliasianus chirurgus (Scop.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 273 (1849) ; Layard, 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiv. p. 267; Jerdon, B. of Ind. iii. p. 709 (1864); 
Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 414; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 475; Hume, Str. Feath. 
1873, p. 249 ; id. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 290 (1878) ; Salvadori, Uccelli di Born. p. 343 
(1874); Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 30; id. J. A. S. (Ceylon Branch), 1874, p. 54; Hume, 
Nests and Eggs, iii. p. 592 (1875) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, ix. p. 232 ; Hume & 
Oates, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 185 ; Le Messurier, t. c. p. 381 ; Butler & Hume, ibid. 1876, 
p. 20 ; Hume, ibid. (B. of Tenass.), 1878, p. 464; Davidson & Wender, ibid. 1878, vii. 
p. 89 ; Ball, t. c. p. 229; Cripps, t. c. p. 304; Hume, ibid. 1879, p. 113 (List B. of Ind.). 
Le Chirurgien de Visle de Lugon, Sonnerat, Yoy. Nouv. Guin. p. 81, pi. 45 (1770) ; Chinese 
* The Scolopacine egg, Plover-like bill, spurred wing, strong, straight flight, and general deportment of the Jaeanas 
indicate their position as being between the last family and the Plovers. 
