PTEROCLIDITKUS. 



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Pteroclidurus exustus (Temm.). 



Pteroeles aenegalensis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Viig. p. 49, tab. x, fig. Qa.h 



(1845-54). 

 Pteroeles exustus, Burgess, P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 30, Aves, pi. Ixxviii. fig. 1 ; 



Hume S^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 69 (1879) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 361 (1890). 

 Pteroolurus exustus. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 12 (1893) ; Oates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 26 (1398). 

 Pteroclidurus exustus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 50 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse are pinkish 

 stone-colour, greyish white or cream-colour, occasionally tinged with 

 green. The surface-markings consist of spots, specks, streaks and 

 blotches of olive-brown and greyish brown. These markings, as a 

 rule, thickly cover the shell, and occasionally they form a bold ring 

 round one end of the egg. One specimen in the series is perfectly 

 plain. They measure from 1"3 to 1*6 in length, and from -QS to 

 1-15 in breadth. 



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 35. 

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India. 



Sind (J:H. Gould). 



Sirsa District. 



Sirsa District, 21st April. 



Sirsa District, 30th April. 



Sirsa District, 8th May. 



Sirsa District, 25th May. 



Sirsa District, 12th June. 



Sirsa District, 1st July. 



Sirsa District, 10th July. 



Sirsa District, 11th July. 



Sirsa District, 12th July. 



Sirsa District, 1st Sept. 



Sirsa District, 3rd Sept. 



Sirsa District*, 7th Sept. 



Hissar, 16th March ( W. Blewitt). 



Hissar, 16th March ( W. B.). 



Hissar, 20th March ( W. B.). 



Hissar, 1st April (W. B.). 



Hissar, 18th Sept. ( W. B.). 



Hansi, 15th March. 



Hansi, 2nd April. 



Hansi, 17th May. 



Hansi, 3rd June. 



Hansi, 10th June. 



Delhi, 4th March (C. T. Bingham). 



Gurhi Hursroo, 13th May. 



Gurgaon, 7th Oct. ( W. N. Chill). 



Agra. 



Btawah, 15th July. 



Etawah, 7th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks). 



Jhansi, 13th June. 



Samhhur, 21st May {R. M.Adam): 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



* All the egga from the Sirsa District were probably taken by Kban 

 Kizam-oo-deeii, Khan Bahadoor {of. Hume, I. c). 



