from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia. 489 



46. Pterocles senegallus. 



Pterocles senegallus Tristr. Pal. p. 122 ; Grant, Cat. B. 

 xxii. p. 14. 



At one place in N.W. Arabia, where there was water near 

 the surface, I saw countless numbers of Senegal Sand- 

 grouse. This was at a well between the Oasis of Tebuk 

 and Jauf. 



47. Caccabis chucar. 



Caccabis chucar Tristr. Pal. p. 123 ; Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 

 p. 113. 



a. S • Wadi Mojib, E. of Dead Sea. 29 April, 1909. 



The Chucar Partridge is found in great numbers in the 

 rough hill-country on the east of the Dead Sea and through- 

 out N.W. Arabia wherever there are hills. On the 27th of 

 April the young were hatched, but the old birds still kept in 

 large coveys and were seldom seen in pairs or singly. 



The common native name for the Chucar in Syria is 

 " Hajal," but in the country east of the Dead Sea it is called 

 " Shinnar," whilst the little Sand-Partridge, which is unknown 

 in Syria, is called by the name of " Hajal." 



48. Ammoperdix heyi. 



Ammoperdix heyi Tristr. Pal. p. 123 ; Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 

 p. 125. 



a, b. S • Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 25 April, 

 1909. 



c. ? . Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 27 April, 1909. 



d. ? . S.E. shore of Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 



Hey's Sand-Partridge is common in the Jordan Valley and 

 Dead Sea Depression. It is seldom met with above — 500 ft. 

 Its northward range is limited by the region of Beisan, 

 about fifteen miles south of the Sea of Tiberias. 



In the Arabian deserts I also found it wherever there were 

 hills, and there it lived at a higher altitude. 



The birds breed early in May, and it is noteworthy that 

 even whilst breeding they still retain the habit of going in 

 coveys rather than in pairs. Sometimes they are to be seen 

 in company with the Chucar Partridge. 



