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SYEEHAPTES PAEADOXUS. 



(PALLAS'S SAND-GROUSE.) 



Tetrao paradoxa, Pall. Eeise Euss. Reichs, ii. App. p. 712, tab. F (1773). 



Syrrhaptes, Illig. (Tetrao paradoxa, Pall.), Prodr. p. 243 (1811). 



Syrrhaptes pallasii, Temra. Pig. et Gallin. iii. p. 282 (1815). 



Heteroclitus tartaricus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. p. 453 (1817). 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pall.), Licht. in Eversm. Reise nach Buchara, p. 134 (1823). 



Syrrhaptes heteroclita, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. pt. iii. p. 64 (1825). 



Syrrhapte paradoxal, French ; Fausthuhn, German; Steppehone, Danish. 



Figures notabiles. 



Temminck, PI. Col. 95 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 32. fig. 12 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 73. 

 fig. 4; Gould, B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 11 ; Radde, Reis. Siid. Ost-Sib. ii. pi. 2; Ibis, 1860, 

 pi. iv. ; Stevenson, B. of Norf. pi. 2. 



c? ad. pileo et capitis lateribus aureo-flavis, fronte vix nigro striata : nucha, griseo-cervina, collo postico cano- 

 cervino plaga aurantiaca notato : corpore supra cum scapularibus arenaceo-ochraceis, nigro-fasciatis 

 uropygio fasciis angustioribus notato : remigibus primariis pallide cseruleo-canis, primo in pogonio 

 externo nigro et ad apicem valcle attenuato et elongato, sequentibus versus apicem attenuatis, primariis 

 intimis versus apicem nigris et ochraceo terminatis, secundariis in pogonio interno ocbraceis et extiis 

 nigris vix ocbraceo marginatis: tectricibus alarum arenaceo-ochraceis, marginibus nigro-guttatis, 

 tectricibus majoribus rufescente castaneo terminatis : supracaudalibus et rectricibus centralibus in 

 parte basali ochraceis caeruleo-cano notatis, his valde elongatis et attenuatis, versus apicem nigri- 

 cantibus, rectricibus reliquis schistaceo-cinereis albo terminatis et in pogonio interno ochraceo mar- 

 ginatis : mento pallide flavido ; gula suprema aurantiaca : corpore reliquo subtus cano-cervino, versus 

 crissum albido : abdomine plaga magnsi nigro fasciat& et plumis in pectore versus apicem nigro 

 transfasciatis fasciam formantibus : subcaudalibus nigris vix ochraceo notatis et conspicue albo mar- 

 ginatis : rostro pallide corneo : iride fusca : pedibus lanatis. 



2 ad. capite et collo haud aurantiaco et flavo notatis, sed pileo et nucha nigro striatis, corpore supra magis 

 nigro variegato, tectricibus alarum ubique nigro guttatis, primario primo et rectricibus centralibus 

 minus elongatis, et corpore subtus sordidiore et grisescentiore quam in mare, gula nigro fasciata et 

 pectoris lateribus nigro guttatis. 



Adult Male (Tientsin, December). Crown and sides of the head dull golden-yellow, the forehead slightly 

 striated with black; nape greyish buff; across the hind neck is a patch of golden-orange, which extends 

 upwards on each side, rest of the hind neck buffy dove-grey ; back and scapulars warm sandy ochreous, 

 boldly barred with black, the rump similarly coloured, but the bars are narrower; primary quills 

 delicate blue-grey, the outer ones much pointed, the first black on the outer web and having the tip 

 very long and attenuated, the inner primaries black towards the tip, and broadly terminated with warm 



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