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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



America. The adult male has the head and upper parts 

 bluish-grey, with spots of black on the wings; primaries, 

 brownish-black, edged with grey ; breast, cinnamon-rufous, 

 changing into pale vinous on the remainder of under parts ; 

 under tail-coverts, white. 



pallaa's Sanb (Brouse. 



PALLAS'S Sand-grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallas) is an 

 exceptionally rare visitor at intervals to the British Islands. 

 The bird is also found inhabiting the Tartar Steppes of 

 Asia, occurring more or less throughout the greater part 

 of Europe. The adult male has the upper parts warm 

 ochreous-buff, with bars of black; primaries, long, pointed, 

 and greyish ; head, yellowish-buff; two central tail-feathers, 

 long and pointed ; neck and breast, buff, tinged with grey, 

 and crossed by a mottled band ; a broad black band runs 



