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AMMOPEEDIX.— FEANCOLINUS. 



Genus AMMOPERDIX. 



Of small size. No spur. Tail of twelve feathers, subequal and about half length 

 of wing. First primary equal to sixth (third longest). Cheek and throat feathered. 

 Flanks of male longitudinally barred. From Egypt to the Indus. 



72. Ammoperdiz bonhamL The Seesbe or Sand-Parteidgb. 

 Sisi, Punjab; Tihu, Persia. 



^ 9 J" to 11"; 7 to 8 oz. $ 9" to 9f"; 6 to 8 oz. Legs olive-yeUow. Bill 

 pink. Pale brown, freckled. Breast grey. Black streak from forehead across 



Chaman, 31.5.79. 



eye to behind the ear. Neck blue-grey, spotted white. Lower back, wings, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and mid-tail grey, finely marked buff. Primaries brown, and 

 all (except first) barred rufous on outer web. Tail chestnut. — Female: Grey, 

 finely mottled all over. From Euphrates to Indus, Transcaspia to Aden. Eggs 

 (1-42 X 1-02) cream colour, minutely pitted. (J. 821. B. 1371. 0. 39. O.G. 

 i. 99. H. & M. ii. 45.) 



Also A. heyi. Key's S.P. from Arabia. S 94". Differs from A. bonhami in having no 

 frontal black band. Chin and throat chestnut. (O.G. 1. 101.) 



A. cholmleyi. Cholmley's S.P. from Egypt and Palestine. $ 9J". Differs from A. heyi 

 in wanting white forehead and lores. (O.G. ii. 293.) 



Genus FRANCOLINUS. 



JVa?icoK?iMs= proper name. 



Eich spotted plumage. Tail of fourteen feathers, even or rounded, rather more 

 than half the length of the wing. First primary between seventh and tenth 

 (three and four longest). Two exceptions — F. squamatus and F. schuetti — where 

 first primary is shorter than tenth. Throat feathered. Sexes usually similar. 

 — Male: Without spurs, or with one pair, or with two pairs. Old females some- 

 times with blunt tubercles. From Cyprus to China, including Ceylon. Here 

 restricted to three species (originally of African descent), which have a well- 

 defined row of rufous or buff spots on both webs of the primary flight-feathers, 

 and a black tail more or less barred with white. 



