. Birds. Birds. Pig. X2. ArgvManus argus. (From the group in the British Museum.) Order XIV. GALLING. The true Game-birds, the Grouse, Fowls, Peacocks, Pheasants, Turkeys, Partridges, Quails, and Guinea-fowls, with Megapodes, Curassows, and Guans, form a well-defined and easily recognizable order. They have a stout bill, strong legs and feet, suited for progress on the ground, a plump body and rounded wings, in which the 5th secondary is present, and there are 10 primaries. There ' is frequently a spur, sometimes more than one, on the tarsus in males, and, in a few genera, in females also. The
. Birds. Birds. Pig. X2. ArgvManus argus. (From the group in the British Museum.) Order XIV. GALLING. The true Game-birds, the Grouse, Fowls, Peacocks, Pheasants, Turkeys, Partridges, Quails, and Guinea-fowls, with Megapodes, Curassows, and Guans, form a well-defined and easily recognizable order. They have a stout bill, strong legs and feet, suited for progress on the ground, a plump body and rounded wings, in which the 5th secondary is present, and there are 10 primaries. There ' is frequently a spur, sometimes more than one, on the tarsus in males, and, in a few genera, in females also. The hallux is always present; the nails are short, blunt, and but slightly curved. An aftershaft is always developed to the body-feathers. The spinal feather-tract is well defined on the neck and not forked on the back. Oil-gland present, except in the genus Argusianus. The deep plantar tendons are joined by a fibrous vinculum, but. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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