PTEROOLUKUS SENKGALENSIS ERLANGEBI 293 



PTEROCLURUS SENEGALENSIS ERLANGERI. 

 THE COMMON INDIAN SAND-GEOUSE. 



Pterocles senegalensis, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 64 (1823) (Senegambia). 



Pteroclurus exustus erlangeri, Neum. Orn. Monatsber. 1909, p. 154, 

 Lahadj, S. Arabia; Hartert, Vog. Pal. p. 1511 (1920). 



Pterocles exustus, Tevwi. PL Col. v, Nos. 354 and 360 (1825) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. B. A. S. p. 249 ; Gould, B. of Asia, vi ; Jerdon, B. of In. iii, 

 p. 502 ; Blanford, Geol. and Faun. Abyss, p. 419 ; id. J. A. S. B. 

 xxxviii, pt. ii, p. 189 ; McMaster, ibid, xl, pt. ii, p. 214 ; Stoliczka, 

 ibid, xli, pt. ii, p. 249 ; Hume, S. F. i, p. 225 ; Adam, ibid. p. 392 ; 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 513 ; King, S. F. ii, p. 458 ; Butler, ibid. 

 iv, p. 4 ; Fairbank, ibid. p. 262 ; Hume & Marsh. Game-B. i, p. 69 ; 

 Hume, S. F. vii, p. 161 ; Ball, ibid. p. 225 ; Doig, ibid, viii, p. 371 ; 

 Mclnroy, ibid. p. 492 ; Hume, Cat. No. 802 ; Butler, Cat. B. of Siftd, 

 p. 53 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bom. p. 67 ; id. S. F. ix, p. 421 ; Beid, ibid, x, 

 p. 61 ; Davidson, ibid. p. 316 ; Barnes, B. of Bom. p. 300 ; id. 

 J. B. N. H. S. i, p. 55 ; id. ibid, v, p. 336 ; Hume's Nests and Eggs, 

 2nd Edit., p. 361 ; Neivnham, J. B. N. H. S. vi, p. 94 ; Nurse, ibid. 

 xiv, p. 172. 



Pteroclurus exustus, Ball, S. F. ii, p. 426 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M. 

 xxii, p. 12 ; Oates, Game-B. i, p. 26 ; Blanford, Avifauna B. I. iv, 

 p. 60 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Game-B. i, p. 12 ; Le Mess. Game-B. 4th Edit, 

 p. 58 ; E. C. Jukes, J. B. N. H. S. xix, p. 216 ; Whitehead, ibid, xx, 

 p. 968 ; Moss-King, ibid, xxi, p. 100 ; Whitehead, ibid, xxii, p. 162 ; 

 Stuart Baker, ibid, xxiii, p. 11 ; Beadon, ibid, xxiv, p. 192. 



Pteroclidurus exustus, Sharpe, Hand-L. i, p. 50; Oates, Cat. Eggs 

 B. M. i, p. 77. 



Vernacular Names. Bhat-titur, Bakht-titur, Kumar-tit, Kakar, Dangar, 

 Roicrie, H. ; Butabur, Batibun, Sind ; Popandi, Bhil ; Pakorade, 

 Mahr ; Jam polanka, Tel. ; Kal-Gorjal-Haki, Canarese, Mysore ; Kal- 

 handari, Tamil. 



Description. Adult Male. — Crown to rump and upper tail-coverts 

 isabelline-grey to isabelline-brown, generally darkest on the tail- 

 coverts and palest on the crown ; lores, cheeks, chin and throat dull 

 yellow-ochre, often tinged with orange-buff, this colour extending 

 round to the back of the nape, forming an indistinct collar which 

 shades off into the other parts. Scapulars and sometimes the feathers 



