1869.] of Central, Western and Southern India. 189 



ing, not in the day, as other sand-grouse invariably do, though I did 

 not notice it as early in the morning, as I did JPt. fasciatus. 



I occasionally met with Pt. fasciatus about Nagpiir and Chanda, but 

 it is much less common there than in Gkizerat. 



802. PterOCleS eXUStUS, Temm. I obtained the eggs close 

 to Nagpiir on December 27th, and again not far from Woon, north- 

 west of Chanda on February 21st, 3 in each case. Jerdon says the 

 central rectrices in the female are not elongated. It should be, are 

 less elongated than in the male. Tbe whole description of the female 

 must have been taken from some other bird by mistake. The abdo- 

 men is quite different from that in the male being closely barred, the 

 chin and throat are orange buff, breast isabelline with black spots, an 

 imperfect blackish gorget, then a broad unspotted space, and then the 

 closely barred abdomen. 



Family Phasianid^;. 



803. Pa"VO CristatUS, L. The train is rarely full grown 

 before April. Peacocks not unfrequently shew the presence of a tiger 

 by flying up one after the other from a particular spot in the jungle. 

 In the hot part of the day, both animals resort greatly to the thickets 

 oijliow or " bastard cypress" (Tamarix indica) in the beds of rivers. 



812. Gallus ferruginous, Grm. 



813. G. Sonneratii, Temm. 



For the relative distribution of these birds see J. A. S. B for 1867, 

 Vol. XXXVI. p. 199. 



Family Tetraonidje. 



814. Galloperdix spadicea, Gm. 



Common in the Taptee and Lower Nerbudda valleys, and in the 

 jungles around Chota Oodipur. 



815. G. lunulosa, Valenc. 



I have shot this bird a little west of Nagpiir near Ellichpur, but I 

 never noticed it further west. 



Precisely on the same grounds as Jerdon, viz. -Geographical distri- 

 bution, I come to exactly the reverse conclusion, viz. that Galloperdix 

 is a form luith African affinities allied to Pternistes, but it would take 

 too long to give all my reasons here. 



818. Francolinus vulgaris, Steph. 



