350 
PÏEROCLES. 
opening partly closed by a membrane, which is nearly hidden by the frontal plumes. 
Wings very long and pointed, with the first and second quills the longest. Tail 
moderate and wedgeshaped. Tarsi robust, longer than the middle toe, with the 
front and inner sides clothed loith feathers. Toes short, thick, much united at their 
bases by a prominent membrane, which extends along the sides of each toe, the 
upper surface covered with transverse scales and the undersurface with granulated 
scales, the hind toe rudimental ; the claws short, curved, and robust. — 16 Specc. 
alchata Liciitenstein , Verz. Doubl. G4. — Stephens, gener. Zool. XI. 311. 
— Degland, Ornitb. Eur. II. 23. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. II. 853. 
[Europa merid. Persia. Himalaya. Africa sep>t. 
Tetrao caudacutus Gmelin, Reise Sibirien 93. 
Bonasa pyrenaica Brisson, Ornith. I. 195. Tb. 19. Fig. 1. 2. 
Per dix damascena Ray, Synopsis 55. 
Tetrao alchata Linne, Syst. Nat. 1. 27 G. — Buffon, Pi. enlum. 105. 106. 
Pterocles setarius Temminck, Pig. Gall. III. 259. 
Tetrao chata Pallas, Zoogr. ross. as. II. 73. 
Oenas cata Vieillot, Diet. hist. nat. XII. 418. 
Attagen cata Lesson, Complet. Buffon II. 248. 
Pterocles caspius Ménétriés, Catal. 
Pteroclurus alchata Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 880. 
El Guetfha. 
areiiariiis TeMxMinck, PI. color. 52. 53. — Naumann, Natg. Vögel Deutschl. 
VL 258. Tf. 153. — Degland, Ornith. Eur. II. 25. 
[Hispania. Persia. Himalaya. 
Tetrao arenarius Pallas, Nov. Coram. Petropol. 177. 4. XIX. 418. Tb. S. 
Tetrao subtridactylus, T. orientalis Hasselquist, Reise Palästina 330. 
Tetrao fasciatus Desfontaines, Mém. Acad. Sc. 1787. 502. 
Perdix aragonica Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 645. 
Oenas arenarius Vieillot, Encycl. méth, 200. 
Bahghr, Kahrah. — El Kuhdre. — Ganga. — Bucklit. Khyrgut. Tuturuk. 
Bovra Kurrah. — Sand Grouse. — Sandhuhn, Steppenhuhn, 
bicinctus Temminck, Pig. Gallin. III. 713. — Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux 
Tb. 220. — Layard, Birds SAfr. 278. [Africa merid. 
Oenas bicincta Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 200. 
bicinctus Lichtenstein, Verz. = Pterocles Lichtensteini Tem. 
caspius Ménétriés. = Pterocles alchata Lichtst. 
corouatus Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 65. — Temminck, PI. color. 339. 340. 
— Gould, Birds Asia IIL Tf. 7. [Africa sept. 
decoratns Cabanis, v. d. Decken's Reise III. 43. Tf. 13. [Africa orient. 
exnstas Temminck, PI. color. 359. 360. — Gould, Birds Asia II. Tb. 13. 
[Asia merid. Africa sept. 
Pterocles senegalensis Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 64. 
Pteroclurus exustus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 880. 
Bur titur. — Kumar Tetur. — Buttator. — Bahtah Grous. — Rock Pegion. 
fa§ciatus Gray, Genera Birds IIL 518. — Gould, Birds Asia II. Tb. 14. 
[India. 
Tringa fasciata Scopoli, Delic. Fl. Faun. II. 92. — Sonnerat, Voy. Indes 
IL 164. Tb. 96. 
Perdix indica Latham, Ind. Ornith. IL 650. — lUustr. Ornith. Tb. 30. 36. 
Tetrao indicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 755. 
Oenas indicus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 200. 
Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, Pig. Gallin. III. 252. — Jerdon, lUustr. 
Birds India Tb. 10. 
Hundsgri. — Polunker. — Kelkudari. — Painted Grouse. 
guttatus Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 64. = Pterocles senegallus Gray. 
gutturalis Smith, Illustr. S Africa Zool. Tb. 3. 31. — Layard, Birds S Africa 
278. — V. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. IL 862. [Africa merid. 
