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PTEROOLIDiE. 



3. Pteroclurus exustus. 



Bahtah Grous, Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 258 (1823). 



Pterocles senegalensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 6-4 (1823). 



Pterocles exustus, Temm. Fl. Col. v. pis. 28, 29 [nos. 3-j4 & 360] 

 (1825); Waffl. St/st Av. p. 284 (1827); Griffith's ed. Cm. in. 

 p. 258, pi. (1829); Hodyson, Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Gallinee 

 (no. 783) ; id. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) [Nepal] ; Gray, List 

 B. iii. p. 49 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 519 (1845) ; Rdppell, Voy. 

 N.O.-Afr. p. 106(1845) [N. Africa, Abyssinia, Arabia] ; Blyth, 

 Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 249 (1849) ; Gould, B. Asia, vi. pi. 04 

 (1850); Ilartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 205 (1857) [Senegal]; Irhi, Ibis, 

 1861, p. 235 [Oiidh]; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 502 (1863) ; Adams, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 27 [Upper Egypt] ; Allen, Ibis, 1864, p. 240 [Upper 

 & Lower Egypt] ; Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. 67 [Egypt] ; Gray, List 

 B. V. p. 4 (1867) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 378 [IJmballah, Gwalior] ; 

 Fi7isch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 291 (1870) [Mai ^VaUet] ; Blanford, Geo/. 

 ^ Zool. Abyss, p. 419 (1870) [near the coast] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 143 [Egypt] ; ul. B. Egypt, p. 218 (1872) ; Antin. e Salvad. Cat. 

 Ucc. p. 132 (1873) [Bogos, Tunis]; Hume, S. F. i. p. 225 (1873) 

 [Siudh]; Adam, S. F. i. p. 392 (1873) [Sambhur]; Lloyd, Ibis, 

 1873, p. 415 [Kattiawar]^; Heuqlin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. p. 855 

 (1873) ; Kiny, S. F. ii. p. 458 (1874) [Calcutta]; Fairbank, S. F. 

 iv. p. 262 (1876) [Khandala] ; Fi7isch, Ibis, 1877, p. 53 [Steppe 

 of Tarik] ; Hnine ^ Marshall, Game B. Ind. i. p. 69, pi. (1878) ; 

 Flliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 248 ; Hume, S. F. vii. p. 161 (1878) ; 

 Ball, S. F. vii. p. 225 (1878) [Ganges to Godaveri] ; Doii/, S. F. 

 viii. p. 371 (1879) [E. Narra]; Mclnroy, S. F. viii. p. 492 (1879) 

 [Mysore] ; Taylor, Ibis, 1879, p. 50 ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, etc. 

 p. 53 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. 8. Bombay, p. 67 (1880) ; id. S. F. ix. 

 p. 421 (1880) rDeccaii & S. Mahratta] ; Reid, S. F. x. p. 61 (1881) 

 [Lucknow] ; David.son, S. F. x. p. 316 (1882) [Khandeisli] ; Tristr. 

 Palest, p. 122 (1884); Stvinhoe ^ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 131 

 [Central India]; Fischer, Zeit. yes. Orn. i. p. 379 (1884; [Pangaui, 

 Chaga Dist.] ; id. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 117 [E. Africa] ; Yerbury,Ibis, 

 1886, p. 19 [Aden] ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxvi. p. 306 

 (1888) [Shoa]; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 294 [Useri River]; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1889, p. 370 [Useri Eiver] ; Meyer, Voy.-Skel. pt. xiv. 

 pi. cxxxvi. fig. 1 (1890). 



Pteroclurus exustus, Ball, S. F. ii. p. 426 (1874) [Chota Nagpur]. 



Pteroles ellioti, Boydanoiv, Mel. Biol. xi. p. 54 (1881) [Abyssinia] ; 

 id. Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. xxvii. p. 167 (1881) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1882, p. 114. 



Adult male. Lores, cheeks, throat, and napo dull ochre, shading 

 into vinaceous buff on the chest ; top of the head, upper back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts isabelline brown. Scapulars and outer second- 

 aries darker, shading into buff at the extremity, and terminated 

 by a pale brown har. Lesser and median wing-coverts yellowish 

 buff, terminated by a rich brown band, some of the latter frequently 

 further ornamented by a subterminal white spot. Primaries, 

 primary-coverts, and inner secondaries black, the five inner pri- 

 maries tipped with white. Secondary coverts yellowish buff. 

 Axillaries blackish brown. A narrow black band edged with white 

 separates the chest from the yellowish-buff upper breast, which 

 shades into deep chestnut-brown on the lower breast, flanks, and 



