16 



c. cJ ad. sk. 



d, e. (5 $ ad. sk. 



f-l. 6 2 ad. sk. 



m. (S ad. sk. 

 n-u. (^ 5 ad. sk. 

 V, IV. S $ ad. sk. 

 X, y. (S 2 ^d. sk. 

 z. 2 ad. sk. 



«'. c? ad. sk. 



h' . J ad. sk. 

 c . 2 ad. sk. 

 rf',e'. 6 2 ad. St. 



/. (5 ad. sk. 



r/'. 2 ad. sk. 



h'. 2 ad. sk. 



i\ k'. (S 2 ad. sk. 



PTEkOCLID^. 



Sehwan Dist., Sindh, Jan. 

 (A. 0. H.). 



Sehwan Dist., Sind, Feb. ( W. 

 T. Blanford). 



Munchur Lake, Jan. (^A. 

 0. H.). 



Larkhaua, Jan. {A. O. S.). 



Mehur, Jan. [A. O. H.). 



Koree, Nov. [W. Oriffiths). 



Jacobabad. 



Shikarpur, March ( W. T. Blan- 

 ford). 



Sbahpur Dist., Punjab, Dec. 

 {F. Field). 



Persia. 



Mesopotamia (Jones). 



Bagdad. 



Morzouk, Fezzan, March {G. 



B. Gcujlinffi). 

 Egypt. 



Egypt, March (G. E. S.). 

 No" locality {Lort Phillips). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 



India Museum [P.]. 



Sir K. Loftus, 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 



Sir J. Bowling, 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



3. PTEROCLES. 



Type. 



Pterocles, Temm. Man. Orn. p. 299 (1815), S,- Pig. et 



Gal. iii. pp. 238, 712 (1815) P. arenarius. 



Tarsi feathered ; toes naked ; small hind toe always present ; two 

 central tail-feathers not produced. 



Range. Africa, Madagascar, Canary Islands, S. Europe, and S.W. 

 and Central Asia. 



Key to the Species. 

 A. Belly black. 



a. Feathers of belly uniform black, not edged 



with white. 

 a' . Throat chestnut, terminated by a black 



band ; chest and breast uniform dove- 

 grey ; feathers of tlie back pale rufous 



and grey with rufous-buff or yellow 



ends arenarius c? , p. 18. 



h' . Throat yellowish white, terminated by 



a black band ; chest and upper breast 



pale buff, with a subterminal black 



spot on each feather ; back pale rufous 



buff, thickly barred with wavy black 



marks areiiarius 2 , p- 18. 



b. Most feathers of the belly narrowly mar- 



gined with white, 

 c'. A broad black bar edged on both sides 

 with white passes up the middle of 

 the throat and surrounds the gape ; a 

 white and black superciliary stripe ; 

 chest uniform butl-grey decoratus S , P- 21. 



