PTEEOCLES COBONATUS. 



(CORONETTED SAND-GROUSE.) 



Pterocles coronatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 65 (1823). 

 Quata, Arabic (v. Heuglin). 



Figurw notabiles. 

 Temminck, PI. Col. nos. 339, 340 ; Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. lxiii. 



cJ ad. fronte et plaga supraocular! albidis : pileo cinnamomeo : stria supraoculari iu nucham confluente 

 casrulescenti-cinerea : stria utrinque ad frontis latera alteraque mediana mentali nigerrimis : corpore 

 supra isabellino-arenario : scapularibus et tectricibus alarum fusco notatis et maculis longitudinalibus 

 isabellino-cervinis apicatis : remigibus primariis nigro-fuscis, extus vix isabellino-arenario marginatis : 

 rectricibus rufescenti-isabellinis, duabus mediis vix elongatis, concoloribus, reliquis albido apicatis et 

 ante apieem nigro-fasciatis : gula, collo superiore, laterali et postico, cum regione parotica, ochraceis : 

 corpore reliquo subtiis isabellino-arenario, gutture et pectore cinereo lavatis : subcaudalibus albis : 

 rostro et pedibus plumbeo-nigris : iride fusc&. 



? ad. coloribus pallidioribus : capitis pictura nigra et stria superciliari caerulescente nullis : fronte nigro 

 striata : corpore supra nigro-fusco transfasciato et vix guttato : gutture et pectore nigro-fusco anguste 

 fasciatis. 



Adult Male (Oglet, S. Tunis, March). Centre of the forehead and a small space over the eye creamy white ; 

 crown cinnamon, surrounded by a blue-grey band j a black patch on each side of the forehead, chin, 

 and middle of the throat jet-black ; upper parts sandy isabelline ; scapulars and wing-coverts marked 

 with dark brown, the feathers tipped with a drop-shaped patch of creamy buff; primaries blackish 

 brown, slightly margined with sandy isabelline ; the two middle tail-feathers pointed and slightly 

 elongated, warm sandy isabelline ; remaining rectrices warm sandy isabelline, with a subterminal black 

 bar, and broadly tipped with white ; throat, cheeks, ear-coverts, and upper neck yellow ; rest of the 

 underparts sandy isabelline, washed with grey on the lower throat and fore part of the breast ; under 

 tail-coverts white : beak and feet plumbeous black ; iris brown. Total length about 10 inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 7'8, tail 4 - 0, tarsus 1"1. 



Adult Female (Oglet, S. Tunis, March). In general coloration paler than the male, and without any black 

 on the head or throat, and lacking also the blue-grey band ; forehead narrowly striped with black ; 

 upper parts generally barred and slightly spotted with blackish brown; lower throat and breast 

 narrowly barred with blackish brown. 



Immature Male {fide Ogilvie Grant). Differs from the adult in having the tips of the primaries, central 

 pair of tail-feathers, and some of the secondary-coverts and scapulars buff, veriniculated with black. 



The Coronetted Sand-Grouse ranges from Algeria, Tunis, and Egypt, eastward through Arabia 

 and Persia to North-west India. 



