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TETRAD. 
avid shoulder-knot grous of Forsters and of Latham.—Found 
at Hudson’s Bay. 
15. Tetrao bonasia.-—The tail-feathers cinereous, with 
black points and band; the two intermediate excepted.— 
Found among the hazels of Europe-and Western Siberia. 
16. Tetrao canus.—Body grey, undulated with brown; 
the beak and legs black.—Found in Sweden. 
17. Tetrao alchata. : —Above varied; the two intermediate 
tail-feathers twice longer than the others, and subulate.— 
Found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. 
18. Tetrao namaqua.—Above spadiceous, with the two 
intermediate tail-feathers longer and subulate : the Namaqua 
grous of Latham.—Found in Africa amid the dry desarts in¬ 
habited by the Namaquis, flying gregarious to fountains. 
19. Tetrao Indicus.—Front white, surrounded by a wreath 
behind black; the body above yellowish-red, varied with 
black lunules: the Indians grous of Latham.—Found at 
Coromandel. 
20. Tetrao arenarius.—Ruff, abdomen, and vent black; 
tail-feathers with brown and grey bands, tipped white; the 
two intermediate yellowish: the sand grous of Latham.— 
Found about the Volga near Astrachan. 
With three-toed Feet. 
21. Tetrao paradoxus.—With three-toed feet; toes hairy, 
almost joined at the apex: this is the heteroclitous grous of 
Latham.—Found in the Southern Tartarian desart. 
II.—With papillose skin about the eyes; and naked legs.— 
With the teet of the male spurred. Perdices, or Par¬ 
tridges. 
22. Tetrao francolinus.—Abdomen and throat black, and 
wedge-formed tail.—Found in the south of Asia and Eu¬ 
rope, and in Africa, of the size of the partridge, feeding on 
seeds, emitting a hissing sound, flesh delicious. 
23. Tetrao Madagascariensis.—Abdomen black, varied 
with large red spots; throat white; the two intermediate 
tail feathers reddish with black bands. 
24. Tetrao rufus.—Legs and beak sanguineous; throat 
white, surrounded with a band black, white pointed.— 
Found gregarious in the woody mountains of Europe, Asia, 
and Africa, much larger than the partridge. 
25. Tetrao perdix.—With a naked scarlet spot under the 
eyes; tail ferruginous; breast brown; and legs whiteish: 
this is the common partridge. Of this species there are 
several varieties, differing chiefly in colour. 
26. Tetrao Damascen us.—With a naked scarlet spot under 
the eyes; tail ferruginous; breast brown; and legs yellow. 
This species migrates in flocks through the middle of Europe, 
and is allied to the partridge, but less, with a longer beak. 
27. Tetrao montanus.-—Legs and beak red; throat reddish 
and dingy: the perdix montana of Brisson.—Found in the 
mountains of Europe. 
28. Tetrao rubricollis.—Legs, beak, chin, and throat 
naked, all red: the red-necked partridge of Latham.— 
Found in Africa. 
29. Tetrao petrosus.—Beak and legs red; body brown, 
and ferruginous spot on the breast: the rufous-breasted par¬ 
tridge of Latham.—Found amid the rocks and mountains 
near Gambia. 
30. Tetrao perlatus.—Legs and eye-brows red; beak 
blackish; throat white; and body varied with brown.— 
Found in China: and it has a variety with beak and legs 
brown, eye-brows spotted with white and black, at the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
31. Tetrao bicalcaratus.—With double-spurred feet, and 
black eye-brows: the Senegal partridge of Latham.—Found 
near the Senegal. 
32. Tetrao Zeylonensis.—With double-spurred feet; beak 
and naked area of the eyes red ; tail round and brown. 
33. Tetrao spadiceus.—With two-spurred feet red; beak 
yellow; and body spadiceous or bright red-coloured: the 
brown African partridge of Latham.—Found in Madagascar. 
34. Tetrao nudieollis.—With two-spurred feet, and naked 
throat red. 
35. Tetrao gingicus.—Bill black; rump and tail red, grey' 
and black mixed; and eye-brows white,—Found near 
Gingi, in Coromandel. 
36. Tetrao Pondicerianus.—Bill black ; two intermediate 
tail-feathers red, numerous angulated lines brown ; and four 
bands ochre-coloured: the Pondicherry partridgeof Latham. 
—Found in Coromandel. 
37. Tetrao naevius.—Legs and bill reddish ; body brown, 
variegated with yellow.—Found in the temperate pads of 
New Spain. 
Coturnices, or Quails.—With four toes. 
38. Tetrao ferrugineus.—Legs and beak brown; body 
beneath diluted light red, above ferruginous-brown; feathers 
of the neck longer and acutely tipped.—Found in China. 
39. Tetrao Javanicus.—Legs flesh-coloured; front, spot 
on the hind head, and abdomen, orange; beak, breast, 
and tail cinereous, varied with black: Javan partridge of 
Latham. 
40. Tetrao viridis.—Green; legs and beak reddish; area 
of the eyes red ; wings spadiceous. 
41. Tetrao Virginianus.—With a black band above and 
below the eyes; vertical line yellow.—Found among the 
trees of America. 
42. Tetrao marilandus.—With white eye-brows; neck 
pointed with white and black. 
43. Tetrao kakelik.—Bill, eye-lids and legs scarlet; breast 
cinereous; back undulated with white and cinereous.— 
Found in Bucharia, &c. 
44. Tetrao caspius.—Cinereous, spotted with light-red; 
the nostrils, orbits, and temples dusky.—Found near Astra- 
bad, in Persia. 
45. Tetrao Mexicanus.—Legs and bill sanguineous; the 
superciliary line white. 
46. Tetrao Falklandicus.—Variegated with brown spots 
and curvated striae; beneath white; bill lead-coloured; legs 
brown ; temples spotted with white.—Found in the Falkland 
islands. 
47. Tetrao Novae Hispaniae.—Legs and bill black; crested 
head, and head variegated with white and black; body and 
quill feathers yellow, the latter tipped with white.—Found 
in New Spain. 
48. Tetrao coyolcos.—With yellow legs; crown and 
neck fasciated with white and black; body above yellow, 
varied with white. This is thecoturnix mexicana of Brisson; 
the coyolcozquo of Ray and Willughby ; the coyolcos of 
Buffon;and lesser Mexican quail of Latham: the eyes are 
black. 
49. Tetrao suscitator.—Variegated with yellowish, red, 
black and grey; bill longer. This is the coturnix javenis 
of Brisson ; the coturnixindica Bontii of Ray and Willughby; 
the reveil-matin or caille de Java of Buffon; and noisy quail 
of Latham.—Found in the woods of Java. 
50. Tetrao striatus.—With reddish legs; white eye-brows; 
tail, throat, lower breast and abdomen black, white guttated: 
the Madagascar quail of Latham. 
51. Tetrao griseus.—With black legs and bill; body 
dilutely and sordidly grey, black banded.—Found in Ma¬ 
dagascar. 
52. Tetrao Coromandelicus.—Head black; vertex and 
ocular fascia red and yellow; throat white, surrounded 
with a black stria; body striated; quill-feathers brown. 
53. Tetrao Novae Guineas.-—Brown; greyish legs; black 
quill-feathers, the covers of the wings obsoletely yellow. 
54. Tetrao Manillensis.—Above black; legs and bill 
black; throat white; breast grey, spotted black; abdomen 
yellow, black-banded. 
55. Tetrao cristatus.—The dependent crest and throat 
yellow.—Found in Guiana and New Spain. 
56. Tetro sinensis.—Body spotted grey; throat black, 
with a white bow.—Found in China and the Philippine 
isles. 
57. Tetrao coturnix.—Body spotted grey; eye-brows 
white; the margin and lunule of the tail-feathers ferru¬ 
ginous. 
With 
