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INDIAN PTEROCLES. 



ashy-red: the top of the back is striped trans- 

 versely with dull brown, yellowish, and black : the 

 lesser and greater wing-coverts are bright yellow, 

 with a broad transverse stripe towards their tip, 

 bordered on each side by a narrow one of white : 

 the breast of the adult male possesses four semi- 

 circular bands ; the first uppermost is chesnut- 

 brown, the following white, the third black, and 

 the fourth white : the quills are dusky-brown : the 

 belly, the thighs, and the abdomen, are striped 

 alternately with delicate bars of whitish and black : 

 the tail-feathers are yellow, striped with black : the 

 feathers on the tarsi are greyish-yellow, slightly 

 sprinkled with black : the beak is slender, red at 

 its base, and black at its tip : the hinder part of 

 the tarsi and the claws are brown. The female 

 does not possess the four fasciae on the breast, or 

 those on the forehead of the male ; and the wing- 

 coverts have not the bar of black with white edges: 

 the head is red-yellow, with a longitudinal dusky 

 stripe in the middle of each feather : the nape, the 

 back, and the rump, are striped with brown, black, 

 and yellowish : the scapulars the same, edged and 

 tipped with yellowish-white : the wing-coverts are 

 clear yellow, with transverse black stripes : the fea- 

 thers of the under parts of the body are similar to 

 those of the male, but less brilliant: the young 

 males resemble the female. 



