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INDIAN PTEROCLES. 
ashy-red: the top of the back is striped trans- 
versely with dull brown, yellowish, and black : the 
lesser and greater wing-coverts are bright yellow, 
with a broad transverse stripe towards their tip, 
bordered on each side by a narrow one of white : 
the breast of the adult male possesses four semi- 
circular bands ; the first uppermost is chesnut- 
brown, the following white, the third black, and 
the fourth white : the quills are dusky-brown : the 
belly, the thighs, and the abdomen, are striped 
alternately with delicate bars of whitish and black : 
the tail-feathers are yellow, striped with black : the 
feathers on the tarsi are greyish-yellow, slightly 
sprinkled with black : the beak is slender, red at 
its base, and black at its tip : the hinder part of 
the tarsi .and the claws are brown. The female 
does not possess the four fasciae on the breast, or 
those on the forehead of the male ; and the wing- 
coverts have not the bar of black with white edges: 
the head is red-yellow, with a longitudinal dusky 
stripe in the middle of each feather : the nape, the 
back, and the rump, are striped with brown, black, 
and yellowish : the scapulars the same, edged and 
tipped with yellowish-white : the wing-coverts are 
clear yellow, with transverse black stripes : the fea- 
thers of the under parts of the body are similar to 
those of the male, but less brilliant: the young 
males resemble the female. 
