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The female is a trifle bigger ; of a paler yellowife colour 

 throughout, dotted on the head, neck, and throat, with black, 

 and fafciated with the fame on the back ; otherwife much like 

 the male, but the markings lefs diftincl. 



This fpecies is found only in the middle of the deferts extend- 

 ing towards the Cafpian Sea. Very plenty towards Aftrachan in 

 fummer: palles the winter in Perfia. The food is the feeds of 

 various kinds of AJlragali *, Seen in pairs in June. Drink 

 much water; and obliged to frequent the neighbourhood offuch 

 fpots where it may be found ; lb that a traveller may be fure of 

 water being at hand, if he fees thefe birds. They go to the pools 

 to drink three times in the dayj when they are fo eager, that 

 they do not mind the fportfman, though very fhy at other times. 

 "No where fo plenty as about the fandy fountains at Barlu-chud.uk. 

 Fly like Pigeons : have a fhrieking, though not unpleafant, cry : 

 the eggs bigger than thofe of a Pigeon, and white : found perfect 

 in the body of the female the beginning of June i but the neft has 

 not yet been met with. 



INDIAN GR. 



©ESCRZfTIONe 



La Gelinote des Indes, Sun. Voy, Ind. vol. ii. p. 1-64. pi. 96. 



C IZE of the Pin-tailed Grous. Bill yellowifh : forehead 

 white, with a band of black furrounding it on the back part, 

 from the bafe of the bill : hind part of the head pale rufous ; on 

 each feather a longitudinal black ftreak : neck rufous grey : 

 Jbreaft bright brownifh red j each feather tipped with a tranfverfe 



Chiefly the Jfyeaimdes, Cittr, and Pfy/tdet,— Ljn. 



•white 



