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in which the red on the nape and breast is commencing, and 

 in which otherwise the transition from the female to the male 

 dress is beginning. 



PucRASiA MACROLOPHA (Less.). Kotcgurh (winter). 



Phasianus wallichi, Hardw. Kotegurh ? 



Gallophasis ALBOCRiSTATUS (Vig.). Kotegurh (winter). 



Francolinus VULGARIS, Steph. Kotegurh (winter). 



Caccabis chukar (Gray). Kotegurh. 

 Hardly separable from C. graca (Briss.). 



Arboricola torqueola (Valenc). Kotegurh. 



CoTURNix COMMUNIS, BoHuat. Kotcgurh. 



-^GiALiTis PYRRHOTHORAX (Tcmm.). Kyaugsisa. 



ToTANUs GLAREOLA (L.). Lake Gy agar. 



Gallinago scolopacinus, Bonap. Kotegurh. 



Casarca RUTiLA (Pall.). Puga. 



Aythya NYROCA (Giildenst.). Sirinagur (September). 



Sterna hirundo, L. On the Indus near Puga. 



XXVII. — On the Ornithology of Palestine. Part VIII. 

 By the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



[Concluded from page 215.] 



The Otidida arc very scantily represented. Otis tarda is said 

 to be found on the Plain of Sharon ; I fear it is becoming 

 as scarce there as in Norfolk, and must almost be reckoned with 

 the things that were. However, it is still plentiful on the plains 

 of Northern Syria. Russell (Nat. Hist. Aleppo, ii. p. 202) men- 

 tions Otis arabs among the birds of Syria; but I can find no 

 trace of this African species in the east, except the statement of 

 Edwards (appended to his admirable plate published in 1743) 

 that Sir Hans Sloane had one alive for many years, which was 

 brought from Mocha. Russell^s bird is no doubt the Houbara, 

 which is very common in the Jordan valley, where I have seen 

 it day after day in small flocks, but never succeeded in getting 



