43. poDOCEs, 151 



light grey, the throat whitish ; ou the fore neck a large patch of 

 black ; rest of uuder surface vinaceous isabelliue-colour, shading off 

 into white on the middle of the abdomen, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts ; under wing-covcrts pure white, the black bases to the 

 primaries forming a bar across the wing ; bill black ; feet lead- 

 colour. Total length 10 inches, culmeu 1-2, wing 4-45, tail 3-9, 

 tarsus 1"0. 



Hah. Buchara and Turkestan. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Wells of Tambai-Kasgan, Desert Dr. N. SevertzofF [0.]. 

 of Kysil-Kum, noi-th of the 

 Lower Oxus, July 13th, 1874. 



2. Podoces hendersoni. 



Podoces hendersoni, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 408; Hume iS" Henders. 

 Lahore to Yark. p. 244, pi. 22 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxvii. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above sandy, distinctly 

 inclining to vinous on the scapiilars, lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts ; lesser and median wing-coverts vinaceous sandy colour ; 

 tlie rest of the coverts and the quills glossy blue-black ; bastard-wing 

 blue-black externally, the inner web white ; primaries pure white, 

 except at the base and at the tip, where tliey are black ; the secon- 

 daries entirely blue-black like the wing-coverts ; tail blue-black, 

 the outermost feathers narrowly edged with sandy colour ; nasal 

 plumes sandy, the lower ones blue-black ; crown of the head glossy 

 blue-black, the lateral feathers tipped with white, forming a cap ; 

 lores, eyebrow, sides of face and of neck, and entire under surface 

 of body sandy colour, paler and more whitish on the throat ; under 

 wing-coverts black, excepting those near the edge of the wing, 

 which are white ; bill black ; feet black. Total length 12 inches 

 culmen 1-7, wing bS., tail 4"75, tarsus 1-(J5. 



Hah. Yarkand. 



a. (S ad. sk. Oi-tograk, Yarkand. Dr. Henderson [C.]. (Type of 



species.) 



3. Podoces biddulphi. 



Podoces biddulphi, Hume, S/r. F. ii. pp. 50.3, 529 ; Gould, B. Asia, 

 pt. xxvii. 



Adult male. General colour above rich creamy brown, including 

 the entire back, scapulars, and least wing-coverts, the outermost of 

 the latter shaded with silvery white ; greater wing-coverts black, 

 glossed with purple, the bastard quills pure white ; the primary- 

 coverts purplish blue, the outermost externally white ; primaries 

 white, dusky at base, and black for the terminal third, decreasing 

 on the inner primaries, the last one pure white ; secondaries purplish 

 black, tipped with white, the innermost almost entirely white along 

 the inner web and towards the tip of the outer web ; upper tail- 

 coverts and centre tail-feathers creamy buff, the latter with a broad 

 central streak of black, rest of the tail-feathers white with black 



