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PALLAS'S SAND-GROUSE. 



Syrrhaptes PallasiiTEMMiKCK. 

 PLATE XXIII. 



Tetrao paradoxa, Pallas Heteroclite grouse, Latham 



Heteroclite Pallas, Syrrhaptes Pallasii, Temminclc, Pi- 

 geons et Gallinaces ; PL Coloriees, 95 Delanoue^ Diction- 

 naire Classique tfHistoire Naturelle, viii. p. 182. 



THE entire length of this curious bird, figured hy 

 Temminck, was scarcely nine inches, of which the 

 very long tail feathers occupy three ; but the speci- 

 mens procured by M. Delanouc from the borders of 

 China, were above eleven inches, exclusive of the 

 tail, which was above three. The colours of these 

 birds were much more brilliant also, and he is of opi- 

 nion that the subject of our plate was a young male 

 of small size. The plumage is generally of the brown- 

 ish yellow tint, the common colour of the whole ; 

 upon the back and wings of a clearer and more yel- 

 low tint than on the other parts. Across the lower 

 part of the breast, the feathers have a black band 

 at the tip, which forms a bar across ; and upon the 

 centre of the belly there is another broader band 

 of brownish-black. The feathers on the back are 



