SENEGAL SAND-GROUSE 
Pterocles senegallus 
Arabic, Gutta 
Back and general tone of feathers sandy, top of head 
and breast a delicate pinkish-lilac, cheeks and throat a 
strong brilliant orange-yellow, wings spotted with chocolate- 
brown markings, legs feathered, centre of chest and stomach 
dark dull brown, two centre tail-feathers elongated, black 
at points, barred at base. The female is not nearly so 
brightly marked, indeed, is mainly sand-coloured ; eyes brown, 
beak dull grey. Total length, 12 inches. 
THERE are three different varieties of Sand-grouse 
in Egypt—the Singed, the Coroneted, and the 
Senegal. The last has been selected as it is the one 
with which I am best acquainted, but either of the 
others have an equal claim, since, though occupy- 
ing different localties, they are to be met with 
throughout the area covered by this book. All 
the Sand-grouse are very similar in their habits, 
they are all children of the desert, but come 
down, either to feed or to water, to the cultivated 
ground at morning and evening. Captain Shelley 
gives absolute localities where they might be found 
(he was writing in 1872), and ever since he gave 
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