124 PHASIANID^.. 



Europe, vii. p. 117, pi. 472 (1880) [Euphrates Valleyl ; Swmkoe, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 119 [S. Afghanistan]; S/tarpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 498 



[Bushire] ; Pleske, Mem. Acrid. St.-Petersb. (7) xxxvi. no. 3, p. 47 



(1888) [Bokhara] : Slwrpe, Tr.Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 87 (1889) ; 



St. JoJin, Ibis, 1889, p. 175 [S. Afghanistan & Kelat] ; Oates, ed. 



Hume's Nests ^ Eggs Lid. B. iii. p. 4;33 ( 1890) : Barnes, Ibis, 1893, 



p. 167 [Aden]. 

 Ammoperdix griseogulari.s, Filippi, Viag. Pars. i. p. 351(1865); 



Radde, Orn. Caucas. p. 352 (1884) ; id. u. Walt. Ornis, 1889, p. 87 ; 



Zaroudn. Bull. Mosc. Ixi. p. 324 (1885) [Transcaspia] : id. I. c. 



(n. 8.) iii. p. 108 (1890). 

 Caccabis (Ammoperdix) bonhami,Grff?/, List Gallina Brit. Mus. p. 81 



(1867) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 275 (1870). 

 Perdix cinereogidaris, Cab. J.f. O. 1873, p. 458. 



Adult male. Top of the head and nape dull grey, most of the 

 feathers fringed with buff in freshly moulted specimens. The sides 

 and the greater part of the back of the neck white barred with 

 grey. Upper part of the mantle vinous isabelline, faintly barred 

 with grey, and shading into isabelline on the rest of the upper 

 parts ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts have a row of 

 V-shaped black spots along the shaft of each feather. Scapulars, 

 median and secondary coverts finely mottled with buff, and the 

 inner webs of the former are also vermiculated with black. Pri- 

 maries and secondaries brown, the first primary uniform, the 

 remainder barred and washed ou the basal half of outer web with 

 rufous buff, and with whitish buff on the terminal portion ; second- 

 aries mottled on the outer and somewhat on the inner web with 

 buff. A black band across the forehead continued in a superciliary 

 stripe down either side of the head. A white band from the nostrils 

 to the eye continued behind the eye across the ear-coverts, and 

 ending in a small vinous patch on the side of the neck. Chin 

 whitish ; cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck grey. Chest 

 and breast delicate vinous buff; belly white, with rufous margins to 

 the feathers ; vent white, under tail-coverts buff. Peathers of the 

 sides and flanks vinous chestnut on the outer web, vinous fawn or 

 whitish on the inner, and margined on either side with black. 

 Centre pair of tail-feathers rufous buff mottled with dusky ; outer 

 pairs chestnut, more or less tipped with the same. Iris orange- 

 brown ; bill bright orange ; legs and feet greenish yellow. Total 

 length 9'5 inches, wing 5'2, tail 2--1, tarsus 1*2. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the general colour 

 of the top of the head and upper parts uniform darker isabelline, 

 irregularly barred all over with faint rufous-buff bars ; the wings 

 more coarsely marked, and the inner webs of the scapulars blotched 

 with black ; the forehead, rest of the head, throat, sides and fore 

 part of the neck whitish, marked and barred with dusky grey ; 

 and the rest of the underparts darker isabelline, clouded all over 

 with dusky and vermiculated with blackish on the feathers of the 

 sides and flanks. Iris orange - brown ; bill brown : legs and 

 feet dusky yellow. Total length 9-5 inches, wing 4-9, tail 2-3, 

 tarsus l-l."). 



