5. THE BLACK BELLIED SAND- 

 GROUSE. 



Pterocles are?tarius, (Pallas). 



Leg feathered ; toes bare. 

 Middle tail-feathers not elongated. 

 Belly uniform deep black. 



MALE:— Foreneck and breast unspotted. 



FEMALE :— Foreneck and upper breast 

 spotted. 



Vernacular Names -.—Btikht-titar, Bur- 

 titar, Bakht-tit, Bukht, Hind. ; Ba7i- 

 chur, Ktirmor, at Peshawar ; Kash^niri, 

 Burra Bhatta, Hariana and Bhattiana ; 

 Katinga, Sind. 



The Black-bellied Sand-Grouse is found 

 in India during the winter months only. 

 It arrives generally in October, but occa- 

 sionally in the latter part of September, 

 and leaves again in March ; but the 

 length of its stay in any one district is 

 dependent a good deal on temperature 

 and other causes. 



This bird is found throughout the 

 north-western part of India from the 

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