252 GAME-BIHDS OV INDIA 



PTEROCLES INDICUS. 

 THE PAINTED SAND-GEOUSE. 



Pterocles indicus, cimel. Sijst. Xat. I. ii, p. 775 (1786) (Coromandel 

 Coast) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. p. 1513 (1920). 



Indian Grouse, Latham, Gen. Syn. ii, p. 762 (1783). 



Tringa fasciata, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun, part 2, p. 92 (1786). 



Pterocles fasciatus, Gray, List B. iii, p. 49; Blijth, Cat. B. A. S. M 

 p. 249 : Jcidon, B. I. iii, p. 498; Kinrj, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, part 2, 

 p. 216; Blanford, ibid, xxxviii, p. 188; Hume, ibid, xxxix, part 2 

 p. 139 ; MacMastei; ibid, xl, part 2, p. 214 ; Stoticzka, ibid, xli, part 2 

 p. 249 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 511 ; Adam, S. F. i, p. 391 ; Ball 

 ibid, ii, p. 426 ; id. ibid, iii, p. 293 ; Butler, ibid, iv, p. 4 ; Fairbank 

 ibid. p. 262 ; Butler, ibid, v, p. 231 : Davidson £■ Wend, ibid, vii, p. 86 

 Hmne, ibid. p. 162 ; Ball, ibid. p. 225 ; Hume d- Marsh. Game-B. i 

 p. 59 ; Hume, Cat. No. 800 ; Butler, Cat. B. of Sind, tic. p. 52 

 Mclnroy, S. F. viii, p. 492; Tufnell, ibid, ix, p. 201 ; Heaviside, ibid 

 p. 202; Butler, ibid. p. 421; id. Cat. B. S. Bum. Pres. p. 67 

 Davidson, S. F. x, p. 316 ; Barnes, B. of Bom. p. 295 ; id. J. B. N. H. S. 

 V, p. 334 ; Laurie, ibid, vi, p. 94 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, iii, p. 364 

 Nurse, J. B. N. H. S. xiv, p. 172; Major F. J. N. Barton, ibid. p. 606 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 27 ; Gates, Game-B. hi. i, p. 45 

 Blanf. Avifauna, B. I. iv, p. 55 ; Le Mess. L. and W. B. of Li. p. 56 

 Barnbij Smith, Avi. Mag. (1910), p. 313 ; J. E. C. Jukes, J. B. N. H. S. 

 xix, p. 216 ; Betham, ibid. p. 990 ; WJutehead, ibid, xx, p. 968 ; Moss- 

 King, ibid, xxi, p. 100; Stuart Baker, ibid xxii, p. 219; Allen, ibid. 

 xxvi, p. 672 (1919). 



Pteroclis fasciatus, Sharpe, Hand-I. i, p. 51 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs B. M. 

 i, p. 79. 



Pterocles quadricinctus, Jerdon, 3L J. L. S. xii, p. 4 ; id. III. In. Orn. 

 plates 10 and 36. 



Vernacular Names.— Pa/io/v' Bhat-Titur, Bhat-ban, Dongar liowrie, 

 Hin. N. W. P. ; Chapka, Saugur (Moss-King) ; Chit'da titur, 

 Mirzapur (Allen) ; Palki, Belgaum ; Handeri, Southern India ; 

 Kal-Goujal Haki, Canarese, Mysore; Sonda Polanka, Tamil. 



Description. Adult Male. — Forehead white followed by a black 

 band, then by another white one, each band being about '2 inches 

 wide ; remainder of crown reddish-buff spotted with black or deep 

 chocolate-brown; hind-neck olive-yellow or olive-buff; upper and 



