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Tetraophasis (Ornithology the Lophophorus)

in ornithology, the Lophophorus obscurus; often made a separate genus of the sub-family Lophophorinæ, connecting the Phasianinæ with Tetraogallus, and so with the Perdicinæ.

This bird was discovered by Pére David in Tibet and described by him. General color brown, marked with darker shades; bare skin of face red, tarsi and feet horncolor. The sexes are alike in plumage; female destitute of spurs.

TETUAN TETRARCH ("governor of the fourth part," i. e., of a country), a title originally designating what is signified by its etymology, the governor of one of four divisions of a kingdom or country; but in the usage of the later Roman empire given undistinguishingly to all minor rulers, especially in the E., possessing sovereign right within their territory, but dependent on the emperor, and in many cases removable at his pleasure. This was especially the case in Syria, where the princes of the family of Herod are called indiscriminately by this title (Luke iii: 1) and by that of king (Matt. xiv: 9).