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and fore neck; belly wliitisli; back chestnut red mottled in- 

 distinctly mth light brown ; rump blackish brown ; tail tipped 

 with white, except on the central pair of feathers. 



The female is similar, though paler in coloration, and 

 the young resemble the female, but are paler and duller. 



PTEROCLETES. 



329. Senegal Sandgrouse. Pterocles senegallus (Linnsous). 



Pterocles senegallus. Shelley, p. 220. , 



Not uncommon in suitable locahties in Lower Egypt and 

 also in Upper Egypt. 



Length about 12 inches. The male has the chin, throat 

 and sides of face pale orange yellow ; lores and a band round 

 the head grey ; centre of chest and the belly brownish black ; 

 rest of under parts greyish sand colour ; upper parts sandy 

 brown with faint mottlings of darker brown ; central tail feathers 

 elongated. The female has the upper parts spotted with 

 blackish brown. 



330. Crowned Sandgrouse. Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein. 



Pterocles coronatus. Shelley, p. 221. 



This sandgrouse appears to be fairly numerous in Lower 

 Egypt, and I have handled examples from the Wadi Natrun 

 on the west and near Marg on the eastern side of the Nile, while 

 it has also been obtained in Upper Egypt (Shelley, ibid.). 



Length about 12 inches. Somewhat similar to the Senegal 

 sandgrouse, but has a black band encircling the face between 

 the bill and eyes and has no black patch on the belly ; and is also 

 somewhat paler in coloration. The female has no black on 

 the face ; the general colour is paler, and the back is barred 

 with brown. 



331. Singed Sandgrouse. Pterocles exustus Temminck. 



Pterocles exustus. Shelley,*p. 218. 



I have no positive records of this sjDecies from Lower Egypt, 

 but it appears to be fairly numerous in Upper Egypt and the 

 Faiyum (Shelley and Gurney), and we have examples from 

 the latter district. 



Length about 12 inches. Head, throat, and back sandy 

 coloured washed with yellow on face and neck and with brown 

 on the back ; quills black ; wing coverts sandy shaded with 



