260 GROUS. 



again divided above the eyes by two large white spots ; feathers of 

 the crown and hindhead yellowish rufous, with a dusky streak down 

 the shafts ; cheeks, neck, breast, and lesser wing coverts, yellowish 

 ash ; back, middle, and greater coverts, cinereous brown, spotted 

 and streaked with rufous ; and a triangular white spot at the ends of 

 the feathers ; rump, upper and under tail coverts, and tail, crossed 

 with brown, and yellowish rufous streaks; and the ends of the feathers 

 of this last colour; quills black, with brown shafts; above the 

 breast a bar of white, and a second of black, which tend upwards 

 towards the back on each side ; belly, sides, and thighs, white, with 

 fine, indistinct, cross lines of brown ; fore part of the shins dull 

 white; behind, toes, and claws, yellowish. 



The female is without the bands of the breast, or those of the 

 head ; but the whole of the top of the latter is yellowish rufous, 

 streaked with dusky ; with a belt of white on the wings; bill and 

 legs brown. The young males much like the females. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, about the Great Namaqua 

 Land, and beyond the Great Fish River. Said also to be found on 

 the Coast of Guinea and Angola. It is generally seen in groups, 

 consisting of old birds and their young. 



25 — INDIAN GROUS. 



Perdix Indica, Ind. Om. ii. 650. Gm. Lin. i. 755. 



Pterocles quadricinctus, Ganga quadrubande, Temm. Pig. 1$ Gall. 8vo. iii. 252. 



Gelinotte des Indes, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 164. pi. 96. Sonnin. Buf. vi. p. 78. Tab. Enc. 



Om. 201. pi. 92. f. 1. 

 Indian Grous, Gen. Syn. iv. 752. 



SIZE of the Pintail Grous. Bill yellowish ; forehead, to the 

 middle of the crown, white, with a black band crossing it in the 

 middle, and curving before the eye, in aline, to the gape; hindhead 

 rufous, streaked with black ; neck rufous grey, banded alternately 

 brown, yellowish, and black ; wing coverts yellowish, black at the 



