380 Mr. W. C, Tait on the Birds of Portugal. 



195. Pterocles arenarius (Pall.). " Cortisol." 



lu the Lisbon Museum there are four specimens of the 

 Black-bellied Sand Grouse from Evora. They tell me at 

 Abrantes that this bird is found on the elevated moors above 

 Salvadorinho, and is very wary, but the gunners lie in am- 

 bush for them at their drinking-resorts. 



196. Pterocles alchata. 



A specimen of the Pintailed Sand Grouse shot in October 

 1869 at Valladores, near Oporto, by Mr. Lawrence Fowke, 

 Vice-Consul, is the only specimen, so far as I can learn, as 

 yet met with in the north of Portugal. In the Lisbon 

 Museum there are specimens from Evora and the Alemtejo. 



197. Caccabis RUFA (Linn.). " Perdiz.^' 



The Red-legged Partridge is generally distributed, espe- 

 cially on the rocky sides of rivers and streams and the wide 

 moors of the Alemtejo. 



198. Perdix cinerea, Lath. " Charella,'' Pitoes, Serra 

 do Gerez. 



In Portugal the Grey Partridge reaches the southern limit 

 of its distribution. Like many other northern birds, it is 

 found in Portugal only at those higher elevations which, as is 

 now generally understood, correspond to a lower elevation in 

 a higher latitude. I am informed that this Partridge is com- 

 mon and well known at Pitoes on the Serra do Gerez, and it 

 is also found on the high ground about Pinheiro, in the 

 neighbourhood of Braga ; I hear that it is found also on the 

 Serra do Marao, and on the Serra de Rebordaos district of 

 Bragan^a. The Lisbon Museum possesses a specimen from 

 Benaventes. 



199. CoTURNix COMMUNIS, Bouuat. " Codorniz,'^ Oporto 

 and Portugal generally ; "' Paspalhao,^' Valen^-a, Aveiro ; 

 Bragauea, also Galicia, Spain ; " Calcare,^' " Qualquard,^' 

 Braga; ''Cracole,^' Pedras Rubras, Mattosinhos; '^'Temtila,^' 

 Penafiel ; '' Carcalhota,'^ Coimbra. 



Quails are to be met with abundantly nearly all the year 

 round, except from October to November, when the greater 



