A Hand-book to the Game-birds

This is Lloyd's Natural History handbook, volume 1 of a multi-volume series edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe and covering game-birds. Author W. R. Ogilvie-Grant of the British Museum provides comprehensive systematic coverage of game-birds in scientific format. This inaugural volume addresses sand-grouse (Pterocletes and Pteroclidae families) and partridges (early Phasianidae subfamilies including Perdicinae), arranged by genus and species with detailed anatomical descriptions, distinguishing characteristics, geographic distributions, and life-history notes. The work synthesizes material from Ogilvie-Grant's concurrent ornithological catalog work and references major contemporary sources including Bendire on North American birds and A. O. Hume on Indian species. Inclusion of anatomical diagrams and illustrative plates accompanies diagnostic descriptions designed for sportsmen and field naturalists seeking bird identification in Africa, Asia, and North America.