SAND GROUSE 



PLATE CXLI.* 

 Syrrhaptes faradoxus PALLAS. 



AT the last migration of this singular species in 1888, 

 it nested repeatedly in Great Britain, and in some cases 

 the young were hatched and were afterwards figured. 



It does not construct a nest at all, but deposits its eggs 

 on the sand, sometimes without even making a hole. 

 The eggs are of a regular elliptical shape, with a dirty 

 yellowish-grey ground, marked with reddish and brownish 

 spots and streaks. 



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