FTER0CLIDTDJ5. 



] . Iloslningabad, 6th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Niniar, lOth May. Hume Coll. 



Saugor. Hume Coll. 



Palawdee, 12tli Feb. Hume Coll. 



Jodhpur, March. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PTEROCLIS, Temm. 



Pteroclis arenarius (Pall.). 



Pterocles areBarius, Thien. Fartufanz. (jes. Viig. p. 48, tab. x. fig. 1 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. tig. 1 (1855-63); 



Salmn, Ibis, 1859, p. 353; Tristram, Ibis, I860, p. 69; Bree, Birds 



Eur. iii. p. 226, pi. — (1867) ; 2nd ed. iv. p. 135, pi. — (1875) ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 223; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 61 (1874) ; 



Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 27 ; Hume Sj- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. 



p. 47 (1879) ; Barnes, Stray Feath. ix. p. 219 (1880); Grunt, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. 18 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 36 



(1898). 

 Pteroclis arenarius, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 50 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-bellied Sand-Grouse are, on the whole, 

 very pale, and present a marbled appearance. The ground is 

 greyish white, cream-colour or pale buff, and occasionally very pale 

 green. The surface- markings are yellowish brown, plain brown or 

 pale rufous, and consist of ill-delined streaky blotches which are, 

 more or less, confluent. The eggs measure from 1-7 to 2 in length, 

 aud from 1-23 to 1-33 in breadth. 



2. Granada, Spain. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Granada (7/. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Arganda, Spain, loth June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Tzhar, Algeria, 4th June ( W. H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Simjjsoii). 



3. Harakta, Algeria, 2nd June ( ir. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. S.). 



3. Harakta, 10th June ( W. H. S.\ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1 , Madracen, Constantine, 27th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Tunis. Louis Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Erzeroum, Asia Minor. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Chaousk-Keui, Asia Minor, 11th Seebohm Coll. 



May (C. G. Danford). 



3. Baghas-lvan, Asia Minor, 9th May Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G.D.). 

 G. Jazli-tash, A.sia Minor, 12th May Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G.D.). 

 1. Chaman, Afghanistan, 15th May Hume CoU. 



(if. E. Barnes). 



Pteroclis coronatus, Liclit. 



Pterocles coronatus, TMen. Fortffianz. ges. Vog. p. 49, tab. x. fig. 4 a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Hume 8,- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 57 (1879) ; Barnes, 

 Stray Feath. ix. pp. 219, 458 (1880j ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) 



