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Hume, S.F., I, p.226, (1873), (Sind and Mekran) ; id. Nests and Eggs, 
p. 540, (1873) ; Butler S.F., III, p. 209, (1875), fSuliman HiUs) ; 
Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 323 ; Butler, S.F., IV, p. 41, (1876), (Guzerat) ; 
Blanf., E. Persia, II, p. 274, (1876), (Shiraz) ; Butler, Cat. B. of Sind, 
p. 54, (1879) ; Hume and Marsh., Game-B., II., p. 45, (1879) ; Barnes, 
S.F., IX, pp. 219, 458, (1880), (Chaman) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 
119, (S. Afghanistan) ; Sharpe, ibid, 1886, p. 498, (Bushire) ; Pleske, 
Mem. Acad. St. Pet., 7, XXXVI, 3, p. 47, (1888), (Bokhara) ; 
St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 175, (S. Afghanistan) ; Oates, Hume’s Nest 
and Eggs, III., p. 433, (1890) ; Ogilvi e-Grant, Cat. B.M., XXII, p. 
123, (1893); id. Hand 1. Game-B., L, p. 99, (1895); Blanf. and 
Oates, Avifauna, B.I., IV, p. 133, (1898) ; Oates, Man. Game-B., I, 
p. 185, (1898) ; Rattray, J.B.N.H.S., XII, j). 345, (1900), (Thull) ; 
Marshall, ibid XV, p. 353, (1904), (Quetta) ; Gumming, ibid, XVI, p. 
692, (1905), (Seistan) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1909, p. 269, (Kohat and Kur- 
ram) ; id, J.B.N.H.S., XX, p. 969, (1911), (Kurram) ; Meinertzhagen, 
J.B.N.H.S., XXIII, p. 363, (1914), (Quetta) ; Whistler, Ibis, 1816, 
p. 99, (Jhelum) ; Thornhill, J.B.N.H.S., XXV, p. 486 ; Gumming, 
J.B.N.H.S., XXVI, p. 294, (1918), (Fao). 
Ammoperdix griseogularis, Filippi, Viag. St. Petersb., I, p. 351, 
(1865) ; Meinertzhagen, Ibis. 1920, p. 187, (Quetta). 
Perdix cinereogularis, Cabanis, J.F.O. 1873, p. 458. 
Ammoperdix griseogularis griseogularis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. XXIV. 
p. 282, (1917). 
Vernacular Names — Sisi (Punjab, Sind); Tihu, (Persian). 
Description — Adult Male. — Forehead, supercilium and a narrow 
streak under the eye black ; lores and behind the eye white, turning 
to rufous behind the ear-coverts ; crown and nape ashy grey, turning 
to vinous red on the centre of the hind neck which is obsoletely barred 
with grey ; back and interscapulars vinous red, profusely marked 
with wavy bars of grey, the red varying much in depth and extent ; 
lower back, rump, upper tail coverts and central tail-feathers vinous 
buff, very finely vermiculated with grey and with tiny central arrow- 
head markings of black ; outer tail-feathers chestnut, with paler, 
faintly vermiculated tips ; sides of neck gre)' with broad white trian- 
gular spots ; chin fulvous white changing to pure ashy grey on throat, 
sides of head and foreneck ; breast vinous buff, becoming a more dis- 
tinct vinous on the lower breast and flanks and changing to a more 
yellowish tint on abdomen and under tail-coverts ; the feathers of 
the flanks and sides of the belly have internal edges of black, and 
external broad margins of chestnut paling to pearly white ; wings like 
the back, the primaries and outer secondaries light brovui, all but the 
first barred with pale buff on the outer webs. 
Colours of Soft Parts. — “ Legs and feet pale dingy wax yellow, in 
some greenish, in some dusky yellow ; claws pale brown ; the irides 
vary a good deal ; they are generally either bright yellow, orange, or 
