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PALLAS’S SAND-GROUSE. 
SyrrhapUs Fallasii — Temminck. 
PLATE XXII L 
Tctrao paradoxa, Pallas Hetero elite grouse, Latham,— 
Heterodite Pallas, Syrrhaptcs Pallasii, Temminck, Pi~ 
geons et GallinacCs ; PL ColoriteSjQo—Delanme, ZHction- 
naire Classique d'Histoire KatureUe, viH, p. 18*2. 
The entire length of tills curious bird, figured by 
Temmmck, was scarcely nine inches, of which the 
very long tail feathers occupy three ; but the speci- 
mens procured by M. Delanoue from the borders of 
China, were above eleven inches, exclusive of the 
tall, which was above three. The colours of these 
birds were much more brilliant also, and he is of opi- 
nion that the subject of our plate was a young male 
of small size. The plumage is generally of the brown- 
ish-yellow tint, the common colour of the whole; 
upon the back and wings of a clearer and more yel- 
low tint than on the other parts. Across the lower 
part of the breast, the feathers have a black band 
at the tip, which forms a bar across ; and upon the 
centre of the belly there is another broader band 
of brownish-black. The feathers on the hack are 
