CONTENTS. 



Popular Name. 



Scientific Name, Page. 



The Great Bustard 



... Otis tarda 



I 



The Little Bustard ... 



... Otis tetrax 



3 



The Great Indian Bustard 



... Eupodotis edwardsi, 1 



7 



The Houbara 



... Houbara 2 macqueeni 



17 



The Bengal Florican ... 



... Sypheotis 3 bengalensis 



23 



The Lesser Florican or Likh ... Sypheotides aurita 4 ... 



33 



The Thibetan Sand-Grouse 



... Syrrhaptes tibetanus 5 



43 



The Large or Black-bellied Sand- 





Grouse ... 



... Pterocles arenarius ... 



47 



The Spotted Sand-Grouse 



eo9 Pterocles senegalus 6 ... 



53 



The Coronetted Sand-Grouse ... Pterocles coronatus ... 



57 



The Painted Sand-Grouse 



... Pterocles fasciatus 



59 



The Close-barred Sand-Grouse ... Pterocles lichtensteini 



65 



The Common Sand-Grouse 



... Pterocles exustus 



69 



The Pintailed Sand-Grouse 



... Pterocles alchata 



77 



The Common Pea-Fowl 



... Pavo cristatus 



81 



The Eastern or Burmese Pea-Fowl Pavo muticus 



93 



The Argus Pheasant ... 



... Argus 7 giganteus 



99 



The Grey Peacock-Pheasant 



... Polyplectrum 8 tibeta- 







num 9 



105 



The Malayan Peacock-Pheasant... Polyplectrum l ° bical- 







caratum 



113 



Hodgson's Eared-Pheasant 



... Crossoptilum 1 ' tibe- 







tanum 



ii5 



The Nicobar Megapode 



... Megapodius nicobari- 







ensis 12 



119 



The Moonal... 



... Lophophorus impeya- 







nus 



125 



The Crestless Moonal... 



... Lophophorus sclateri 



135 



1. Wrongly edwardsii on Plate. 



2. ,, Otis macqueenii on Plate. 



3. ,, Sypheotides on Plate. 



4. ,, auritus on Plate. 



5- >> thibetanus on Plate. 

 6. ,, senegallns on Plate. 



7. Wrongly Arguscina gigantea on 



8. ,, Polyplectron on Plate. 



9. „ thibetanum in Text. 



10. ,, Polyplectron on Plate. 



11. ,, Crossoptilon on Plate. 



12. ,, nicobaricus on Plate. 



Plate. 



