18/8.] mr. a. <;. elliot on the pteroclid.e. 245 



(1851) pi. ccx. figs. 1833, 1834; Strickl. & Sclat. Contr. Ornith. 



(1852) p. 157; Lay. B. S. Afr. (1867) p. 279; id. Ibis (1868) 

 p. 269, (1869) p. 375; Ayres, Ibis (1871) p. 262; Anderss. B. 

 Dam.-l (1872) p. 242. 



Pterocles maculosus, Smith, 111. S.-Afr. Zool. vol. ii. p. 345 (1822); 

 Gray, Gen. B. vol. iii. p. 519 (1845). 



Hah. Between Latakoo and the Tropics, South Africa {Smith) ; 

 banks of the Limpopo and Mariqua {Ayres) ; Damaraland {An- 

 dersson). 



Male. Throat and sides of face pearly-grey. Top of head and 

 occiput deep buff streaked with black. Upper parts and wings 

 brownish-black, tipped with yellowish-ochre, and spotted with white ; 

 the tips of the greater coverts, however, are reddish-ochre. Primaries 

 brownish black, with light edges. Breast and entire underparts 

 bright rufous, each feather with a subterminal white bar. Tail 

 brownish-black, barred with light buff, and tipped with yellowish 

 ochre. Bill black, feet yellowish-brown. 



Total length 9£ inches, wing 6f, tail 3|, bill along gape |. 



Female. Top of head bright buff, streaked with dark brown. 

 Sides of head and throat bright uniform buff. Feathers of the back 

 and wings blackish-brown, tipped with light yellowish-brown, and 

 with two or three white bars on the webs, which do not, however, 

 reach the shaft, and give to the back the appearance of being spotted 

 with white. Primaries blackish-brown, edged at the tip with white. 

 Breast reddish-buff, indistinctly barred with white. Underparts 

 dull white, barred with pale brown. Upper tail-coverts like the back. 

 Tail brownish-black, barred and tipped with light buff. Under tail- 

 coverts uniform light buff. Bill black ; feet yellowish- brown. 



Total length 9§ inches, wing 6f, tail 3^ bill along gape £. 



6. Pterocles arenarius. 



Tetrao arenaria, Pall. Nov. Comm. Petropol. vol. xix. p. 418, 

 tab. 8 (1774); id. Itiner. vol. iii. App. p. 699, no. 271 ; id. Zoogr. 

 Rosso-Asiat. vol. ii. p. To, pi. (1831); Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. ii. 

 p. 642 (1790); Bonnat. Ency. Metli. torn. i. p. 200 (1790). 



Sand-Grous, Lath. Syn. vol. ii. pt. 2. p. 751 (1783) ; id. Gen. Hist. 

 B. vol. viii. (1823), p. 254. 



Tetrao fasciatus, Desfont. Mem. de l'Acad. des Sc. p. 502(1787). 



Aragonian Partridge, Lath. Syn. Suppl. p. 223 (1787). 



Perdue aragonica, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 645 (1790); id. Gen. Hist. 

 B. vol. viii. (1823) p. 256 B. 



Pterocles arenarius, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. vol. iii. (1815) pp. 240. 

 712; id. Planch. Col. nos. 52, 53; id. Man. Ornith. (1820) 

 vol. ii. p. 476, vol. iv. p. 330; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) Pterocles; 

 Less. Trait. Ornith. (1831) p. 516, sp. 1 ; Fras. Proc. Zool. Soc 

 (1839) p. 121 ; Gray, Gen. B. vol. iii. p. 518 (1849); Blyth, Cat. 

 B. Mus. Asiat. Soc. (1849) p. 249 ; Reicb. Syn. Av. Gallime (1851) 

 pi. ccvii. figs. 1809-12; Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1858) p. 501 • 

 Salv. Ibis (1859) p. 352; Tristr. Ibis (1860) p. 69, (1868) 

 p. 211 ; Irby, Ibis (1861) p. 223 ; Jerd. B. Ind. vol. iii. p. 496 • 



