NOTES. 159 



rubicola, Hodgs. M. S. S. Unde. Pub? 



rubiginosa, G. R. Gray. U?ide? 



asiatica et argoondah, Gould, (nee. St/Ices) B. of As., pt. 



XV., pi. 12, 13, 1863. 

 cambaiensis, Jerdon (nee. Lath.) B. of Ind., II., pt. 2, 



581, 1864. • 



No. 827 of Jerdon. The Rock Bush Quail. 



Perdicula argoondah, Syhes, Tr. Z. S., II., 17, pi. 2, 

 1835. 



asiatica, Jerdon (nee. Lath.) B. of Ind., II., pt. 2, 583, 

 1864. 



As I said before when dealing with these species in Nests 

 and Eggs, I am quite unable to define accurately the range 

 of the two species ; the Jungle Bush Quail must be much the most 

 common as we have just sixty specimens of it in our museum, 

 and only twenty-five of the other. 



The Jungle Bush Quail we have from near Simla ; the Dhoon ; 

 Umballa ; Mount Aboo ; Anadra, at the foot of Aboo ; Btawah ; 

 Mirzapore ; Seoni, Central Provinces ; Nursingpore ; Raipoor ; 

 Valley of the Tapti, West Khandeish ; Mahableshwar ; Kelsi, 

 Bankok, and other localities in the Southern Kon-Kan ; Madras ; 

 and Pothanore. 



The Rock Bush Quail we have from Delhi, Goorgaon, Aboo, 

 Jodhpore, Sambhur, Beaur, Ajmeer, Etawah, Jhansi, Deesa, 

 Kutch, Bassein and Coimbatoor. 



Mr. D. Gr. Elliot has recently published (P. Z. S., 1878, 

 p. 234) an admirable monograph of the Pteroclidce similar to 

 others, by which he has, from time to time, so materially con- 

 tributed to the progress of ornithology. 



He gives a key to all the known species, 16 in number, in- 

 cluded in the two genera Pier odes and Syrrhaptes, of which 

 the latter only numbers two species. 



Of these 16 species, exactly one-half, viz., seven Pterocles and 

 one Syrrhaptes, occur within our limits, and a key to the seven 

 former species, based on Mr. Elliot's more general one, may be 

 useful to some of my readers. 



Key to the Indian species of Pterocles. 



A. Without pectoral band. 



a. Stripe on each side of forehead, from 

 nostril to above the eye, chin and 



centre of throat, black 1. Pt. coronatus. 



b. Lores and band encircling back of 

 head pearly grey ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 



