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Peculiar to and resident in India, but not W. of the Indus or on the Gangetic 

 alluvium. Eggs (1-42 x 0-98) generally found in April and May, salmon-pink, 

 speckled, and blotched. (J. 800. B. 1317. 0. 7.) 



Also P. quadricinetus, the Painted S.G. from Africa. (O.G. 24.) 



3. Pterocles lichtensteini. The Close-barred Sand-Gbousb. 



In honour of Lichtenstein. 



J lOf"; 8 Oz. 2 10-^". Tarsus white. Bill flesh-brown. Primaries hair- 

 brown, margined dull white, shaft of first quill brown. Resembles P. fasciatus, 

 but tail has only fourteen feathers and pectoral band has four bars. — Male : 

 Abdomen white, with crescentic black marks. Neck-feathers yellowish white, 

 tipped black spot. — Female : No pectoral band. Chin, throat albescent, closely 

 speckled blackish brown. (S.F. i. 219.) 



Cold-weather visitor to Sind, W. of Indus, from N.E. Africa and S.W. Asia. 

 (B.1318. 0.8.) 



Also P. bicindus, the Double-banded S.G. from S. Africa, S 9-7", 9 9-7". (O.G. 21.) 



4. Pterocles coronatus. The Coeoneted Sand-Grouse. 



CSrono, avi, atom = to crown, wreathe, 

 Katinga, Sind. 



Berot, 22.10.74. 



^ 10J"to llj"j Soz. 2l0"tol0|". Legs fawn. Bill bluish. Primaries 

 umber, white shafts, some with inner webs edged rufous. Yellow cheek-patch. 

 Under-tail not barred. — Male : Crown bufii edged grey and yellow. Black stripe 

 on each side of the bill, and one from chin down throat. Above light brown, 

 mixed grey. Abdomen buff. — Female: Crown wanting. Pale cinnamon through- 

 out with crescentic black cross-bars. Abdomen fawn, faintly speckled. Throat 

 yellow, without black bar. 



Range from N.E. Africa to Sind and Punjab, W. of Indus. Probably breeds 

 in Sind. Eggs (1-5 x 1-06) taken in Afghanistan in May and June. (B. 1319. 

 0. 6.) 



Also P. gutturalis, the Chestnut- vented S.G. from Africa, i 12", 9 11-6"; and P. personatus, 

 the Masked S.G. peculiar to Madagascar; <5 H6", 9 11-5". (0.6. 19.) 



Genus PTEEOCLURUS. 



Male uniformly coloured. Female more or less spotted or barred. First and 

 second quills longest. Tarsus feathered in front, reticulated behind. Toes bare. 

 Minute hind toe raised. Tail-feathers elongated. 



