3. THE COMMON PIN TAILED 

 SAND-GROUSE. 



Pteroclurus exustus^ (Temminck). 



Leg feathered ; toes bare. 

 Middle tail-feathers elongated. 

 Belly more or less dark-coloured. 

 Dark colour of the belly extending to 

 the sides of the body. 



MALE : — Belly uniform chocolate-brown. 



FEMALE :— Belly barred with chocolate- 

 brown and fulvous. 



Vernacular Names \—Bur-titur,Bukht- 

 titur, Ku7nar-tit, Kuhar, Hind. ; Buta- 

 bur, Batibun, Sind ; Po'pandi, Bhil 

 Fakorade, Pokurdee, Pokundi, Marathi 

 Palki, Belgaum ; Jani-polonka, Telugu 

 Kal gowjal haki, Canarese ; Kal-Kon- 

 darz, Tamil. 



The Common Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse is 

 a permanent resident over a very large 

 portion of the Indian Peninsula extending 

 from the Punjab and Sind to Behar and 

 Chutia Nagpur on the east (and even to 

 Calcutta as a straggler), and down to 

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