O16 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHUANDESH. 
800.—Pterocles fasciatus,* Scop. The Painted 
Sanderouse. . ot hee 
_ Permanent resident. Moderately common along the base of 
the Satpuras, and through all the scrub jungle in the Nandur- 
bar, Pimpalnir, Jamner and Dhulia talukas. It probably breeds 
at all seasons, as I have taken eggs in November, January, 
March, and May, in all eases fresh. 
802.—Pterocles exustus,* Tem. The Sandgrouse. 
Permanent resident. Common all through Khandesh except 
north of the Tapti. I have taken eggs at Nandurbar in 
February. 
803.—Pavo cristatus, Zin. The Pea Fowl. 
Permanent resident. Fairly common through the Akrani 
and Satpuras, and in Pimpalnir and Nizampur. Scarce amongst 
the Dhulia hills. It is quite a forest bird here, and the natives 
do not venerate it at all. It lays in September and October. 
813.—Gallus: sonnerati, Zem. The Grey Jungle 
Fowl. 
Permanent resident; rare; and only found in the Akrani 
and along the valleys among the higher spurs of the Satpuras. 
I obtained eges in the end of April. The Bheels catch both 
this bird and Pea Fowl, by simply running them down. This I 
have seen them do. They hear one call and scatter all over 
the adjoining forest for some hundred yards all round. One 
man then chases the bird, which flies two or three hundred 
yards, and then settles. As there are a lot of men about, 
some one immediately starts it again, and on its settling a 
second or third time, it almost invariably runs to the nearest 
tnick cane, generally “bom” reeds, where it allows itself to 
be caught. 
814.—Galloperdix spadiceus, Gm. The Red Spur- 
fowl. 
Permanent resident. Moderately common in the Satpuras, 
and in the Pimpalnir hills. 
819.—Francolinus pictus,* Jard. and Selb. The 
Painted Partridge. 
Permanent resident. Very common all through the Satpuras, 
and moderately common wherever there is any forest or garden 
land. It breeds in September. 
