$6 THE SPOTTED SAND-GROUSE. 



ness. In the first place, the spots on the female are not dingy 

 purple, but greyish black, and her under surface is fawny 

 white and not yellow. In the second place, the whole figure 

 of the male is many shades too dark — the prevailing tint 

 should be a light desert fawn, and the most prominent feature 

 is the delicate, pale French, almost pearl grey, of the forehead 

 and broad supercilium, which, extending on to the nape, thence 

 as a broad though not perfectly defined band, encircles the 

 whole neck, gradually shading off into the fawn. Fortunately 

 for our supporters, this is the very worst plate in the three 

 volumes. 



