5. AMMOPERDIX. 123 



Male Total length 16-6 inches, xving 77, tail 5-7, tarsus 2-25 

 female ToirA length IG inches, wing 7-2, tail 5-5, tarsus 2-1 

 aab. S.W. Arabia, Jeddah, Mecca to Aden. 



a' I «H • ?■ tr'?^^"-^ Zoological Soc. Coll. 



; i 1- I 7 '^,T- S"- R Burton [P.]. 



c. ? ad. sk. Zaidah, near Aden, Dec. Col. J. Y. Yerburv 



rp 1 ^ 



d. $ ad. sk. Haith-al-him, March (/. Y. HumeColl. 



Yerbury). 



e. 6 ad. sk. Lahej, Sept. W.T. Blanford, Esq. 



rc.j. 



5. AMMOPERDIX. 



Ammoperdix, Gould, B. Asia,x{\. pi. i, or part iii. (1851). A. bonbami. 



Sexes quite ditFerent. 



Tail with 12 feathers, somewhat rounded, but feathers subequal 

 and about half the length of the wing. ' 



1st primary = (Jth, and is not mucli shorter than the 3rd, which 

 18 slightly the longest. 



Claws short, somewhat curved. Tarsus equals middle toe and 

 claw ; no trace of spurs. 



Flank-feathers in the male barred hngitudinalhj ; no bare spaces 

 behind the eye and on the cheek. 



Range. N.E. Africa, S.W. Asia. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Flank-feathers vinaceous and chestnut, margined 



on either side with black. 

 a. A black band across the forehead and con- 



tinned backwards in superciliary .^tripes . . bonhami cf , p. 123 

 h. Ao black band across the forehead or above 



t^'^^'y^^ //.//»• c?. p. 125. 



II. Flank-feathers buff, mottled with black \ *''"^'«'"« ? . P- 123. 



I ^'crji 2 , P- 125. 



1. Ammoperdix bonhami. 



'''S;. o?J:7 of iTsiof • '■ '■ ''''' ''■ ' " ^^^^^^''"J ^ ^- ^'-. 



Caccabis bonhamj Gr„,;, Ann. Mag. N. H. xi. p. 372 (1843) • id 

 Gen. B. m. p 508 (184(i) ; FvaJ,Zool. T.p. pt. 3, pi. GlTl84nT 



Perd,x gnseogulans,/?,-«„.//, Bull. Acrul. St. p'Jsh. i. f. .^05 {{tH)' 

 Severtz. Turkest Jevofnw, p. 68 (1878); id. J. f. O. 1875 v 181 



Ammoperdix bonhami, Gonld li Aoin nl i ns-^n. iJ 

 RZ. S. 1858. p. 503 [N. P..n abV; ^^A'/^/i i .^ '. 07 OsS 

 Jl,nne Str. F , p^ 00,; n873)TlIilI. of Si.ulh .1- Mek™n\ 2?' 

 ^eMs .V I>ni^huL B p. .540 (1873) ; Ball. Str. F. iii. p. 2TO (],;75) 

 L 4l"7r^-n fv ^'•'-'''•'//"■til87G, p. 323: Butll, Str.F.t\ 

 Pn1 /-^'^'o'l^^- ^^'"^erat : Blanf. E. Pers. ii. p. 074 (187(3) 

 [Paluch,.t,,n. Sluraz Dist.]: Bull. Cat. B Sind. efc^r,. 54 (1879) • 

 Hwne .y .Varsli. Game B. Ind. ii. p. 45. pi. (1879) • Barn e^ Str 

 i='.ix.pp. 219,458 (1880) [Cham.rn, S. ^Afghanistan] riS^^^/X; 



