Fam. Pteroclidae. — 854 — Gho. Pterocles. 



Journ. 1864. p. 312. — Salvin , Ibis 1859. p. 352. — Lichtenst, 

 Nomcncl. Mus. Berol. p. 83.— Gray, Gen. of B. III. p. 518. — 

 Gray. Hand-list II. p. 249. — Rchbch. Hühnerv. t. CCVII. f. 1813.; 

 1814. — Roux, Orn. Prov. pl. 247, 248 & 249 — Malh. raun. 

 Sicil. p. 150. Doderl. Faun. Mod. & Sicil. p. 155. — Wright, 



Malta, p. 35. — v. d. Mühle, -Griechenl. Nr. 189. — Linderm. 

 Griechenl. p. 122. — Brehm, Vogelf. p. 260. — Taczan. Cab. Journ. 

 1870. p. 51. — Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 411. 



Gula striaque transoculavi nigerrimis ; Stria supraoculari, genis 

 areaque gulam circumdante laete rufo-fulvis ; collo reliquo antice 

 et lateraliter olivaceo-fulvo ; pectoris fascia latissima cinnaniomeo- 

 rufa, supra et infra stricte nigro-marginata ; abdomiue, crisso tar- 

 sorumque plumulis pure albis; subalaribus interioribus albidis, 

 exterioribus fuliginosis ; subcaudalibus albis, partim colore rufes- 

 cente-fulvo et fusco fasciatim notatis lateque albo-apicatis; pileo 

 nuchaque olivaceo-fulvescentibus, plumarum basi purins fulvescente, 

 apice saturatius olivasceute; auchenii et interscapulii plumis sca- 

 pularibusque olivaceis, in basi magis rufescentibus, ante apicem 

 fulvo-flavidis ; uropygio et supracaudalibus colore fulvo fuscoque 

 fasciolatis ;• alarum tectricibus minoribus rufescente-canis , hume- 

 ralibus concoloribus, reliquis in medio fulvescentibus, apicem ver- 

 sus laete castaneo-rufis , margine strictissima et conspicua ante- 

 apicali fulvo-flavida ; alae tectricibus majoribus et tertiariis in 

 fundo cano olivaceo-flavidis , basin vesus magis fuliginosis, in 

 apice fasciatim nigro-marginatis ; remigibus primariis infra fuligi- 

 nosis, supra sordide canis, in pogonio externo et apice magis fus- 

 cescentibus, extimis pogonio externo, omnium interno stricte al- 

 bido-marginatis , scapis fusco-nigris , in basi pallidis ; rectricibus 

 fumosis, tum cano-, tum olivaceo-tinctis, lateralibus albo-apicatis, 

 extimae pogonio externo albicante, omnibus margiuem versus plus 

 minusve colore fulvo et nigricante serratim et fasciatim variis. Vi 

 medianis stricte subulatis, apicem versus fuscis ; rostro fusco-plum- 

 beo; iride umbrina; pedibus fuscesceutibus. — long. tot. 14". — 

 rostr. a fr. 6'".— 6 V" — al. 7". 6 //y . — rectric. intermed. 6". — 

 tars. vix 13". — dig. med. c. ung. 10 1 /» 1 ". 



?: Vix minor; notaeo colore fulvo nigroque fasciato, inter- 

 scapulii et scapularium colore nigro partim coerulescentc-tincto; 



