24 Manual of the Ganm Birds of India. 



July, 1878. This egg, as is usual with 

 the eggs of all the Sand-Grouse, is per- 

 fectly elliptical and glossy : the ground- 

 colour is a warm buff; the shell-markings 

 are pale purple and the egg is covered 

 pretty evenly all over with dots and 

 marks of reddish brown. It measures 17 

 by 1-15. 



The male of this species has the chin, 

 throat and a line behind the eye black ; 

 the crown grey ; the sides of the head 

 bright buff, and the forehead and neck 

 greyish buff. The back and the feathers 

 springing from the shoulder are olive- 

 buff with yellowish patches. The outer 

 part of the closed wing is chestnut with 

 white margins, the inner part yellowish 

 fringed with black. The first ten quills 

 of the wing are grey, the outer web of 

 the first being black ; the next quills 

 having much white on them. The rump 

 and the tail-coverts are barred with black 

 and yellow. The tail-feathers are more 

 or less dark grey tipped with white, the 

 prolonged portions of the middle feathers 

 being black. The chest is pale rufous 

 bounded above and below by a black 

 band, and the belly and sides of the body 

 are white. 



The female has the whole upper plumage 



