7. THE INDIAN PAINTED SAND- 

 GROUSE. 



Pi "erodes fasdatus^ (SCOPOLI). 



Leg feathered ; toes bare. 



Middle tail-feathers not elongated. 



Belly barred. 



Shaft of the first quill of the wing 



brown. 



Feathers under the tail barred. 

 Feathers of the tarsus barred. 

 Throat unspotted. 



MALE : With a black band across the 

 forehead. 



FEMALE : With no black band across 

 the forehead. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Pahari bhut- 

 titur, B hut-bun, N. W. Provs. ; Palki, 

 Belgaum ; Handeri, S. India ; Kal 

 Gowjalhaki, Canarese; Sunda polanka> 

 Telugu. 



THE Indian Painted Sand-Grouse is the 

 only bird of this section the range of which 

 is restricted to India. The limits of this 

 species as given by Mr. Hume are the 

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