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PTEKOCUD^. 



divided in the middle by a narrow dark chestnut band (sometimes 

 black) and separated posteriorly from the rest of the underjjarts by a 

 black band, giving the breast a four-banded appearance. Outer web 

 of the outer secondaries almost entirely white, with four or more 

 oblique black bars. Secondary and median coverts white, tipped with 

 yellowish buff and barred with black. Tarsi pure white. Tail of 

 14 feathers. Total length 10'3 inches, wing 7, tail 2-8, tarsus I'l. 



An immature male differs from the above in having the spots on 

 the throat and neck small and indistinct, the barring on the chest 

 and upper parts pale and irregular, and only a few adult feathers 

 present among the wing-coverts and scapulars. The chestnut 

 pectoral band represented by a couple of feathers in the middle of 

 the breast and the terminal black band wanting, and the tips of the 

 primaries pale buff vermiculated with brownish black. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the whole 

 chest and breast narrowly barred with black, the barring on the 

 upper parts of the body much finer and closer ; and the ends of the 

 scapulars, secondary, and median coverts whitish buff. Total length 

 9"7 inches, wing 7, tail 2-8, tarsus I'l. 



Hah. N.E.Africa; S.W. Asia; ranging from Kordofan, Nubia, 

 Abyssinia, Somaliland, and the Siik country to the Western portions 

 of Sindh. 



a-c. c? 2 ad. ; $ 

 imm. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. c? ad. sk. 

 /,ff- 62 ad. sk. 



h. cJ ad. sk. 



{. (5 ad. sk. 



k. c? ad. sk. 



l,m,. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 n, o. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 p. S ad. sk. 



q. 2 ad. sk. 



r-u. r? 2 ad. ; J 



imm. sk. 

 V. 2 f d. sk. 

 w, .V. c? 2 ad. St. 

 ?/. c? ad. sk. 

 ;. Skeleton. 

 a'. Skeleton. 



Eric Hills, Sindh, Feb., March. 



Mehur, Upper Sindh, .Jan. (A. 



O. If.). 

 Muscat. 

 Near Bir Ahmed, Aden, Dec. 



Near Lahij, Aden, Jan. 



5 miles from Laliij, Aden, 



March {Yerburt/}. 

 Jeddah. 



Jeddah iZohrah). 



Midian. 



Ailat, Samhar, June. 



Ain, Lebka E., Samhar, July. 



Amba, Tijire, Aug-. ( W. Jesse). 



Bogosland. 

 N. Africa. 

 No locality. 

 No locality. 

 No localitv. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Col. Mills [P.]. 

 Lieut.-Col. Yerburv 

 _[P.]. - 



Lieut.-Col. ^ erbiirv 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



H. H. Calvert, Esq. 



[C.l. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Capt. Burton \V^. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Shelley CoU. 

 Purchased. 

 Zool. Soc. Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Pterocles bicinctus. 



Double-banded Grous, Lath. Geti. Hist. viii. p. 259 flSSS). 

 Pterocles bicinctus, Te)n?)i. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 247, 713 (1815) ; 



