ORDER 10. FOWLS. Gallinæ.
Ground birds of robust form; bill hen-like; wings short and rounded; feet large and strong.
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE. Family Tetraonidæ:—Legs bare in the partridges, feathered in grouse.
TURKEYS, PHEASANTS. Family Phasianidæ:—Legs often spurred, or head with wattles, etc.
GUANS. Family Cracidæ:—Represented by the Chachalaca of Texas.