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GALLINACEOUS. 
XXXVII. PAR- 
TRIDGE. 
Ex. 
XXXVIII. 
TRUMPETER. 
Tetrao pedibus hirfutis of Linnaeus, who has IX fpecies. La~ 
gopus of Brijfon , I. 181. who has XII. 
Bill, convex, ftrong, and fhort. 
No naked fkin above the Eyes. 
Nostrils, covered above with a callous prominent rim. 
Lecs, naked, tetrad adtylous. Exception , two fpecies of Quails. 
Tail, Ihort. 
Partridge, Br. Zool. fol. tab. M. V. 
Inhabits the cultivated parts of the world. 
Tetrao pedibus nudis of Linnaeus, who has XI fpecies. Perdix 
of Brijfon , who has XXI. 
Bill, fhort, upper mandible a little convex. 
Nostrils, oblong, funk, and pervious. 
Tongue, cartilaginous, flat, torn, or fringed at the end. 
Legs, naked a little above the knees. 
Toes, three before ; one fmall behind, with a round protuberance 
beneath the hind toe, which is at a fmall diftance from the 
ground. 
Grus Pfophia, Pallas fpicil. fafc. IV. tab. I. 
Inhabits South America ; lives in the woods ; feeds on the fruit 
that fall down. Does not perch. Makes a ftrong noife with 
its mouth, which it anfwers by a different noife from its belly a 
as if it came from the anus. Lays many eggs. 
Pfophia of Linnaeus, from Jopiu ftrepitum edo. Perdix of Briffcn 3 
I. 227. only I. fpecies. A beautiful fpecimen in the Leverian 
Mufeum. 
Bill 
