14 PTEROCLES ALCHATA,—P,. ARENARIUS. 
[$ 2879. One.—Nimroud, 1849. From Mr. Malan, 1860. 
Mr. Malan wrote to me 19 May, 1860, that this species of Sand-Grouse was 
“very common on some of the islets of the Tigris and on the mainland too.” 
In a previous letter he said that he had brought the eggs from Nimroud 
in 1849. ] 
[§ 2880. Oze.—Spain, 1872. From Lord Lilford, 1873. 
Lord Lilford unfortunately never published anything on the breeding of 
either species of Pterocles in Spain, and the only notes on them in that 
country which he seems to have printed are in ‘ The Ibis’ for 1866 (p. 879). ] 
[§ 2881. Lhirteen.—Southern Spain, 1882-3. From Lord 
Lilford, 1884. ] 
PTEROCLES ARENARIUS (Pallas). 
§ 2882. Zhree.—Tz'har, Algeria, 4 or 5 June, 1857. From 
Mr. Salvin. 
A complete nestful taken by Mr. Simpson. 
[Mr. Salvin has a very brief note on this species in‘ The Ibis’ for 1859 
(p. 553). | 
§ 2883. Three.—Tz'har, 3 to 5 June, 1857. . From Mr. 
Simpson. 
From, apparently, different nests taken by him. 
; ; pees a2 ‘ 
§ 2884. One.—Ta‘har, 4 June, 1857. From Mr. Tristram. 
Taken by Mr. Simpson. 
[Canon Tristram has some interesting notes on the breeding of this species 
in ‘ The Ihis’ for 1860 (pp. 69, 70).] 
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(§ 2885. Three.—Tw'har, 4 or 5 June, 1857. From Mr. 
Salvin. , 
A complete nest taken by Mr, Simpson and Arabs.] 
