230 SAND GROUSE. 



of shagreen skin behind, which is continuous with that 

 on the soles of the feet. The beak bluish horn colour. 

 Feet yellow. 



The female differs from the male, in having the 

 upper parts of a light fawn-colour, thickly pencilled 

 with black in transverse striae. Lighter and fewer 

 bands on the wing coverts, which terminate with 

 ochreous yellow, but much paler than in the male; 

 throat and under wing coverts yellowish white, the 

 breast in colour and markings like that of a hen Pheasant, 

 and the black line, which is broader than in the male, 

 is succeeded by a band of about half an inch wide 

 of yellowish white. The rest of the abdomen black. 

 Under tail coverts whiter. 



My figures, male and female, are from specimens 

 kindly sent to me by Mr. Tristram; they are marked 

 Laghouat, November 1856, and therefore in winter 

 plumage. 



The bird has also been figured by Temminck and 

 Laugier pi. col. 354 and 3G0; Gould, Birds of Europe, 

 pi. 257; and Naumann pi. 153. 



Of the beautiful and elegant Three-toed Sand 

 Grouse, Syrrhcqitcs i^aradoxus, an excellent figure and 

 description has been given in the "Ibis," vol. ii, p. 

 105, by Mr. Moore, the keeper of the Free, Public, 

 and Derby Museum, Liverpool. This paper was read 

 at the meeting of the British Association at Aberdeen, 

 in 1859. It records the appearance of this bird for 

 the first time in England, or even in Europe. One 

 specimen was shot in Wales, out of a flock of three, 

 on July 9th., 1859. Another was captured in Norfolk 

 about the same time, and is recorded by Mr. Currie, 



