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bird, only measuring 1*53 by 1*13. They are pure white, 

 without the slightest tint of ivory, and are fairly glossy. 



794.— Turtur senegalensis, Lin. 



The Little Brown Dove is not very common during summer, 

 and between October and March I did not see a single speci- 

 men. I found them breeding in May. 



796.— Turtur risorius, Lin. 



The Common Ring Dove arrives about the second week 

 in March, and breeds during May, at which time they literally 

 swarm. 



799.— Pterocles arenarius, Tall. 



The Large Sand Grouse is very common. I found them 

 breeding in May. The eggs, three in number, are, as regards 

 shape and color, exact counterparts of those of Pterocles 

 exustus, but are of course much larger. They average 1*8 

 by 1-35. 



801.— Pterocles coronatus, Licht. 



The Coronetted Sand Grouse is not very common. I have 

 only seen a single pair, which I shot, and from the spot where 

 I flushed them I found three eggs, so hard set as to be unfit 

 for specimens. They measured 1*5 by 1'06. 



820.— Caccabis chukar, Gray. 



The Chukor is very common on the hills, and in the nullahs 

 at their base, but is rarely seen far out on to the plains. 

 They commence to breed about the end of March, or early 

 in April. There is no nest; the eggs are deposited on the 

 ground in a depression under a bush. I have never found 

 more than eight eggs, but the Afghans assert that they often 

 lay 15 or 20. The eggs are somewhat peg-topped shaped, of 

 a pale stony color, speckled and blotched with lavender brown. 

 They average 1 '61 by 1*4. 



821.— Ammoperdix bonhami, Gray. 



The Seesee is not uncommon, but is not so often met with 

 as the Chukor. It breeds at the same time and in precisely 

 similar localities. 



The eggs are not unlike those of 0. pondiceriana, but 

 scarcely as large. The average of 12 eggs is 1*36 by 1*1. 



