220 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



214. Pterocles senegallus (Linn.). Senegal Sand-Grouse. 



This Sand-Grouse, which is similar to the last in habits, 

 may easily be recognized by its paler colours and yellow 

 throat. Though a resident in the country it is not very 

 abundant, but may generally be met with during the Nile 

 tour, and is often brought to the market at Alexandria. 



Male. — General plumage sandy colom- ; lores and a broad 

 band encirchng the head grey ; basal portion of the scapulars 

 and greater wing-coverts brown; primaries dark brown, 

 washed on the outer webs with sandy colour ; tail, the two 

 centre feathers elongated and dusky towards the tip, the 

 remainder barred with black and broadly tipped with white ; 

 upper half of the throat, cheeks, and ear-coverts bright 

 yellow ; remainder of the throat and crop washed M'ith grey ; 

 centre of the chest and abdomen brownish black ; tarsus 

 covered with buff-coloured feathers ; feet slaty brown ; beak 

 dusky ; irides brown. 



Female. — Entirely of a pale sandy cream-colour, with 

 dusky spots on all the upper parts excepting the qmlls and 

 tail ; primaries inclining to brown on the inner web ; secon- 

 daries, except a few of the inner ones, uniform brown ; upper 

 part of the throat, cheeks, and ear-coverts yellow ; remainder 

 of the throat spotted with dusky ; centre of the abdomen 

 dark brown ; the rest of the plumage the same as in 

 the male. 



Entire length 12 inches; culmeu 0"5; wing, carpus to 

 tip, '/'•2 ; tarsus 1. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Asia, part iii. 



