3. PTEROCLES. 23 



the outer part of each web buff ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverta 

 blackish, tipperl with dull olive ; scapulars, lesser and median win^- 

 covcrts somewhat brighter, tipped with yellowish olive, each feather 

 with one or two round white spots on the lateral margin ; greater 

 secondary-coverts grey, with a rufous stripe down the shaft, a white 

 spot on each web and a wide white margin. Primaries, primary- 

 coverts, and secondaries black, the shafts of the outer primaries, 

 and the margins of the inner primaries and outer secondaries, 

 white. Chest, breast, and belly dull rufous, shading into buff on 

 the tarsi and under tail-coverts; the feathers of the chest and 

 breast have also a round white spot near the extremity of both 

 web3, while the feathers of the belly are white internally. Axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts dull rufous. Tail of 14 feathers, 

 black, barred and tipped with huffy white. Total length 9-S inches, 

 wing 6'3, tail 2*8, tarsus 1. 



Immature male differs in having the throat and eye-stripe grej-ish 

 buff. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the chin, 

 throat, and eye-stripe pale buff instead of pale grey ; the belly and 

 thighs are pale rufous buff, indistinctly barred with white : and 

 the axillaries and under wing-coverts are grey, tinged with rufous 

 buff. Total length !>!) inches, wing 6-3, tail 2-8, tarsus -9-3. 



Hah. S. Africa ; eastwards to the Transvaal, and west to Damara- 

 land. 



a. 2 ad. st. Damavaland. C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 



b. cj ad St. S. Africa. riirehased. 



c. d. cJ imm. ; $ S. Africa. M. J. Verreaux. 

 ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. Kimberley, .Tune. J. E. Ilarting, Esq. [P.]. 



f. (S ad. sk. Limonie Pan, Baman- Shelley CoU. 



gwato country, June 

 (/. <S'. Jameson). 



4. Pterocles coronatus. 



Pterocles coronatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 6o (1823) ; Temtn. PI. 

 Col. v. pis. 23 & 24 [nos. 339 & 340] (182.5) ; Wagl. Syst. Av. 

 p. 280 (1827); Ruppcll, Vog. N.Ost-Afi: p. 106 (1845) [Nubia, 

 Kordofan] ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 519 (1845) ; Gould, B. A.fia, vi. 

 pi. 63 (1851); rri.<tram. Ibis, 1800, p. 71 [S. Sahara]; Adams, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 27 [2nd Cataract, Nile] ; Allen, Ibis, 1864, p. 240 

 [El Kab] ; Levnill. E.vplor. Alqir. p. 230 (1867) ; Gray, List B. v. 

 p. 3 (1807) ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, p. 16 [Sinai] ; ShelJey, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 144; id. B. Eqypt, p. 221 (1872); Biime, Ibis, 1872, p. 468 

 [Sindh]; Heugli'n, Orn. N.Ost-Afr. iii. p. 803 (1873); Ilume, 

 S. F. i. p. 224 (1873) [Jacobabad] ; Wise, S. F. iii. p. 267 (1875) 

 [Sourjana & Eric Hills, SindU] ; Blanf. E. Persia, ii. p. 272 

 (187(i) [Ikluchistan] ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 242; Hume Sr 

 Marshall, Game B. Ind. i. p. 57 (1878); Hume, S. F. vii. p. 101 

 (1878) [Sind, Uera Gliazi Khan, Keliit! ; Buthr, Cat. B. Smd, etc. 

 p. 53 (1879) ; Tufnell, S. F. ix. p. 200 (18^) [Baluchistan] ; 



