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ALCHATA PTEROCLES. 

 (Pterocles Alchata.) 



Pt. gutture nigro, pectoris cingulo lato rufo-aurantio ; nigro mar- 

 ginato, corpore supra olivaceo, Jlavicante nigro rufoque vario, 

 tectricibus alarum castaneo maculatis, corpore subtus albo. (Fe- 

 mina gutture albo, deorsum coUari dimidiato nigro, tectricibus 

 absque maculis castaneis.) 



Pterocles with a black throat j the breast with a broad rufous- 

 orange belt, margined with black ; the body above olive, varied 

 with yellowish, black, and rufous 5 the wing-coverts spotted 

 with chesnut j the body beneath white. {Female with a white 

 throat; the lower half of the neck black 3 the wing-coverts with- 

 out the chesnut spots.) 



Pterocles setarius. Temm, Gall. Ind, 7 14. 



Tetrao Alchata. Linn, Syst, Nat. 1. 276. 11. — GmeL Syst, Nat, 



1. 754^— Lath, Ind, Orn. 2, 641. 16. 

 Bonasa Pyreniaca. Briss. Orn. 1. 195. A, pi. IQ.f* 1. 2. 

 Perdix Damascena. Raii, Syn. p, 55. 7- 

 Le Ganga. Buf. Ois, 2. 244. \Q.—Buff, PL Enl. 105. IO6. 

 Ganga cata. Temm. Pig. et Gall, 3. 250. — Temm. Man. d'Orni, 



p, 301. 



Pintailed Grous. Edw, Glean, p. 24Q. Laih. Gen, Syn. 4. 7*18. 

 14. 



This species is rather more than eleven inches 

 in length : its throat is black : the sides of the head, 

 and the fore-part of the neck, are of an ashy-yel- 

 low : on the breast is a broad belt of rufous-orange, 

 bordered on each side with a narrow band of black : 

 the head, nape, rump, and upper tail-coverts, are 

 striped alternately with black and yellow; back 

 and scapulars the same, with a narrow band of 



