Sand- Grouse. 21 



wing are black. The middle tail-feathers 

 are pale vinaceous, becoming black on 

 the prolonged narrow portions ; the others 

 are chestnut barred with black and tipped 

 with white. A broad band of pale grey 

 extends across the breast ; the belly and 

 the sides of the body are white ; the 

 feathers under the tail chestnut, barred 

 with black, and tipped with white. 



The female has the upper plumage 

 more coarsely barred with black than 

 is the case in the male, and the whole 

 of the visible portions of the closed wing 

 and the feathers springing from the 

 shoulders are closely barred with black. 

 The breast as well as the chest are 

 barred with black, and the grey breast- 

 band of the male is absent. In other 

 respects the female resembles the male. 



Length nearly 16 ; wing nearly 10; 

 tail about 8. 



