Dtc. 20, 191:2.] Birdii of the Indian Empire. l^Ji 



Siib-family GeopeliincB. 



1752. (1315) Geopelia striata striata. The Barred Ground- 

 Dove. 



Columba striata Linn., S. N., i., p. 282 (1766), {East 

 Indies). 



S. Burma and Siam, Malay Peninsula. 



Order PTEROOLETES. 

 Family Pteroclidae. 



«753« (1316) Pterocles orientalis. TJie Large, Imperial, or 

 Black-hellied Sand-Grouse. 



Tetrao ovientalis Linn., 8. jS., i., p. 161 (1758), {"In 

 I Oriente "). 



N. Africa, S. Europe, Asia to N. W. India. 



'754- (1317) Pterocles indicus. The Painted Sand-Grouse. 



Tetrao indicus Gmel,, S.N., i., it., p. ■'u~) (1789) 

 ' {Coromandel Coast). 



West, North-West and Central India. 



'755' (1318) Pterocles lichtensteini arabicus. The Arabian 

 Close-barred Sand-Grouse. 



P. 1. arabicus Neum., Orn. Monastb, p. lo2 (1909), 

 {Lahadj, 8. Arabia). 

 ' S. Arabia to India W. of the Indus. 



1756. (1319) Pterocles coronatus atratus. The Coronetted 

 Sand-Grouse. 



P. c. atratus Hartert, Bull., B.O.C., Leh. 1902 

 {East Persia). 



Syria, Arabia, Persia to N.W.India and to Mhow, 



*»757- (1320) Pterocles alchatus caudacutus. The LargePin- 

 tailed Sand-Grouse. 



Tetrao caudacutus (hnel., lieise de liuss., Hi., p, 93 

 (1774), (X Persia). 



S. Russia and Western Asia to N. W. India to 

 Delhi and Sambhar. 



1758. (1321) Pterocles senegalensis erlartgeri. The Common 

 Indian Sand-Grouse. 



P. exustus erlanoeri Xeum., Om. Monatsh., p. 154 

 (1909), {Lahadjls. Arabia). 



S. Palestine, S. Arabia to India. S. to Travan- 

 core, E. to Bengal. 



* Sclater, Bull, B.O.C., xlii., p. 73, 1922, has shewn that Pteroclurits is only a 

 synonym ioT Pterocles. I do not propooe to separate the two genera but to retain 

 -all the species under Pterocles. 



