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the Cainatic plains, the Bombay and Malabar coasts, 

 or the forests north of the Godavery. It lays in 

 April and May as a rule, and the eggs are salttion- 

 pink in ground-colour. 



Close-barred Sand-Grouse. 



Pierocles lichtensteini. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 Vol. IV, p. 57. 



The Close-barred Sand-grouse has a general simil- 

 arity to its Painted aUy, but the cock is much less 

 handsome, being more narrowly barred, with black 

 on a buff ground ; the upper breast is barred as well 

 as the back. The hen is like that of the last species 

 but more finely barred, and without any bars on 

 the leg-feathering. In this species also there are 

 only 14 tail-feathers, the Painted Sand-grouse hav- 

 ing 16. 



This species only lives, with us, in Sind, west of 

 the Indus, which it is said to visit only in winter. 

 It also inhabits Baluchistan, Arabia and the ad- 

 jacent parts of Africa. 



Of the three-toed Sand-grouse, only one species 

 is found in Indian limits. 



Tibetan Three-toed Sand-Grouse. 



Svnhaptestibetanus, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 Vol. IV, p. 62. 



Native names. — Kuk, Kaling, in Ladak. 



The largest of all Sand-grouse, this bird is easily 

 recognised by its three-toed feet, and by the short 



