8. THE CLOSE-BARRED SAND- 

 GROUSE. 



Pterocles lichtensteini^ Temminck. 



Leg feathered ; toes bare. 



Middle tail-feathers not elongated. 



Belly barred. 



Shaft of the first quill of the wing 



brown. 

 Feathers under the tail barred. 

 Feathers of the tarsus unbarred white. 

 Throat spotted. 



MALE : — With a black band across the 

 forehead. 



FEMALE : — With no black band across the 

 forehead. 



Vernacular Names : — None known. 



The Close-barred Sand-Grouse has as yet 

 only been found in Sind, west of the 

 Indus river, from Mehur, where Mr. 

 Hume first met with it, down to Karachi. 

 It has been procured in the months of 

 January, February and March. 



This bird occurs in Baluchistan and 

 Arabia, extending into Africa. 

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