THE BAKD&D SAND-GROUSE. 
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is roundetl, but ratlipr Ipngthened ; it vanes in 
lejigth fit) in twelve to Tour teen incht*!*. 
Tlio bantled sand'grouse Is found on die vaat 
sandy plains in the south of tlie Russian empire, 
upon the banks of the Vol^a, hut rnost ahmidantly 
in the north of Africa. Temminck a1»o thinks that 
it ia entitled to the rank of a European atraggler, 
one or two instant-es having occurred of iis being 
met witli In Spain and Germany* Nauman ktUed 
one on ilie lerritnry of Aniialt, and sevi-ral others 
were Raid to have been found in the same season ; 
Temminck pOHseRi^fn two ^pecimc^ns killed in Spain. 
The ni'st is ininie among' ffiunted brush,, upon the 
ground-, and four or five egp only art; deposited. 
The princi|ja1 foud during the season is ibeseeda of 
an a<itrapfalua. 
Pieroclcs exustus, coronatns, Lichlensteinii, are 
other drhiatcly marked species, inhabiting the Afri- 
can de.serts, and havinifC nearly the same manners, 
while a l»eautiful i^pecies inhabitittg India was made 
known by Sunnerat, under the name ofGelinote des 
Ijides, Tile Pterocfcs (ptadrkindux of Temmint'k, 
is so uameil, from fourhandhof brown, white, black, 
and a^ain whitf% which encircle the bieast of the 
adult maleA. 
Another interesting species is the pintailed sand- 
grouse, Pierxics setaritu of Temminck, a nati%'e of 
Europe as wtdl as Africa, ant I the only one which 
can he calletl really European. It is remarkal>le in 
tht; knigthened form of tlie centre taihfeathers, and 
