5. AMMOPERDIX. 



125 



A quite young bird resembles the female in general plumage, but 

 the feathers of the chest have a whitish patch at the extremity of 

 the shaft. 



Hah. S.W. Asia, extending in the west to the Euphrates Valley, 

 in the east to N.W. India, in the north to Transcaspia, and in the 

 south to Aden. 



a. S ad. sk. 

 a^, a-. cJ 5 ad. 



sk. 



b. cf ad. sk. 



c. $ ad. St. 



d,e. S 2 a<i- si 

 /. c? ad. sk 



[Palestine.] 



Biredjik, Euphrates, Feb 



(C. G. Danford). 

 Mesopotamia {Jones). 

 N. Persia. 



g,h. (5' 5 ad. sk. Busbire, Jan., Feb 



Shelley Coll. 



H. E. Dresser, Esq. 



[E.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Sir Kenneth Loftus 

 [P.]. 

 Teheran, Jan. {E. W. Bonham). Zoological See. Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 Sbiraz, -5000 ft., June. Sn 0. St. John [C] 



i. (S ad. sk. 

 k. S ad. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. 



wj. cJ ad. sk. 



A. J. V. Palmer, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Mekran Coast, Feb. {A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 

 Candabar, Afghanistan, May Hume Coll. 



{Sir O. Sf. John). 

 Candahar, Jan. 



I\iarez-dasbt, Nov. {J. Ait- 



chison). 

 Bolan Pass ( »^. Griffith). 



n-s. c? $ ad. st 



etjuv.sk. 



t, u. cJ $ ad. sk. Khelat, May (O. T. Duke). 

 V. (J ad. sk. Baluchistan, Feb. 



to,x. cJ ? ad.sk. Durvale Hills, Upper Sindh, 

 Jan. (A. O.H.). 



i/-<^'- c? $ ad. sk. Khewra, Salt Range, April 

 {A. O. H.). 



e'-r. <S $ ad. sk. Murdan, Feb., Mar., Dec. {J. 

 JR. Johnson). 



»', t'. cJ $ ad. sk. Mm-dan, Mai-. {J. R. John- 

 son). 



ti, »'. d 2 ad. sk. Attock, March. 



to', x'. S ? ad. sk. Rawul Pindee, Oct. 



y'. S ad. sk. Loodhiana ( W. Griffith). 



z', a". S ? ad. [Thibet.] 

 sk. 



b". $ ad. St. fThibet.] 



c". cS ad. sk. No locality. 



Lieut. -Col. Swinboe 



[P.]. 

 ^Vfgban Boundary 



Comm. lP.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



W. T.Blaaford,Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Lord Gifford [P.l. 

 Gould CoU. 



2. Ammoperdix heyi. 



Perdix heyi, Temm. PL Col. v. pi?. :37, 38, nos. 328, 329 (1825) 

 [Desert of Akaba, Arabia] ; liiipp. N. Wirbelth., Viig. p. 10 (1835) 

 [Red Sea Coast]. 



Caccabis hevii,G/w/,Zi>< ofB. pt. \n.GaU. p. 37 (1844) ; id.Gen B iii 

 p. o08 (184(j) ; Tristr. Ibis, 18o9, p. 36; id. P. Z. S. 1864. "p. 449 

 [Dead Sea Basin]; Wyatt, Ibis, 1870. p. 17 [SinaiJ; id. Mamni 

 Sf Avif. Si/uii, pi. xix. (1873) ; Harf, Faun. Flor. Sinai, d 2->5 

 (1891). ' ^' 



